Special fixation guidelines must be met for breast cases. Place the specimen immediately in formalin and document the time on the requisition. Cases must receive a fixation time of at least 6 hours and no more than 72 hours. If there is any delay in fixation after the specimen is removed from the body, this time may affect test results and must be noted on the requisition.
For needle placements (needle localizations): Use a grid card to collect the specimen—place a patient sticker on the card and a printed patient label on the bag— call mammography/ultrasound as indicated on their sheet; the OR tech will take the specimen, films, and pathology requisition from the circulator to mammography/ultrasound and then to path.
Reduction Tissue:
When reduction tissue is to go to pathology, handle it as a routine specimen or oversized specimen
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