Category
Hospitals and Clinics
Policy Number
HOS-PATH-002
Last Updated
These records consist of results on printouts, reports, quality control or PDF files for specimens tested each day, manual result logs, handwritten reports or downtime patient testing forms. These records are checked for accuracy against the results in the computer system and each record. These records are retained for accreditation, audit and administrative purposes. This retention does not apply to Transfusion Services.
Series Cutoff: Date of Service
Disposition Action: Securely Destroy or Delete
Notes and Citations:
See Series HOS-PATH-023 for Transfusion Services for Immunohematology.