Pathology - Specimen acceptance, rejection and coding Competency Quiz 2022 | Take the Quiz

The acronym POC means:

Production of confusion

Product of constipation

Products of conception

Products of contraception

The term "lobectomy" can be used for:

Choose the correct sequence of events for processing a specimen in surgical pathology:

Accession with a surgical number, reception, grossing, sampling and Histology

Histology, reception, grossing, sampling and accession with a surgical number

Grossing, sampling, accession with a surgical number, reception and Histology

Sampling, grossing, accession with a surgical number, reception and Histology

Reception, accession with a surgical number, grossing, sampling and Histology

The acronym TAH means:

We receive a fresh specimen without a specimen identification, but it is well-identified on requisition that accompanies it. What do you do?

Label the container as per requisition

Call the OR to have someone come and label the container to match requisition

Reject specimen and send fresh specimen back to the OR

Accept specimen as is and process without the specimen identification

Which of the following would not require an SLS report?

Specimen source on the requisition is ascending colon biopsy and the specimen source on the container is descending colon biopsy

Specimen source on the requisition is anastomotic biopsy and specimen source on the container is anastomotic biopsy

Specimen source on the requisition is colon polyp at 20 cm and specimen source on the container is colon at 20 cm

Specimen source on the requisition is rectal biopsy and specimen source on the container is rectal biopsy

What is not permitted when receiving and labelling specimens?

Check that name and specimen site on container and requisition match

Recheck name and specimen source when labelling container with specimen barcode, initial label

Writing missing specimen source on label

When making cassettes, verify that everything matches

A mastectomy specimen (breast) must be fixed within how long in order to preserve tissue for proper analysis?

30 minutes

1 hour

15 minutes

2 hours

Pathology - Specimen acceptance, rejection and coding Competency Quiz 2022