Greg,
I contacted CAP about that question myself. The person who I talked to
(sorry, I have all the info at work) gave me some articles to look up.  All
the articles she referenced dealt with sentinal lymph nodes.  Nothing about
prostate seeds.  So I wrote the procedure according to one article, put the
lady's name, the date and time I talked to her, three of the articles she
referenced and put them all together with the procedure.
    I have an onsite inspection at the end of the year, so it will be
interesting to see what happens.

Joe Nocito, BS, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Histology Manager
Pathology Reference Lab
San Antonio, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "greg tesdall" 
To: "HistoNet Server" 
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:27 AM
Subject: CAP/radioactive materials question


> Greetings. How have CAP certified labs been meeting
> the policy requirement ANP.11275 for the "safe
> handling of tissues that may contain radioactive
> material(e.g.,sentinel lymph nodes, breast
> biopsies,prostate "seeds",etc. I would appreciate any
> resources. Thank you. Greg Tesdall.
>
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