As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Frozen Section Protocol. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Frozen Section Protocol:

	POLICY: Any tissue may be sent to the Pathologist for frozen section, if requested by the operating surgeon. PROCEDURE: The Pathology Department must be notified by Ambulatory Care Services in advance of any surgery requiring the Pathologist's presence for either rapid frozen section RFS procedure and diagnosis or pathologic consultation while the patient is undergoing a surgical procedure. This notification must be either a day in advance via the surgery schedule, which must be distributed during normal working hours, or by telephone if the case is added later than the distributed schedule...
Second excerpt:
	... Optimally, the Pathologist should be notified as soon as Ambulatory Care Services is made aware of the scheduled case. Communication or RFS/Consultative Results: The Pathologist will communicate results of RFS/consultations during a surgical procedure by either contact through the intercom system on his/her desk which leads directly into the surgical suite, via direct contact if the surgeon comes to the Pathology Department or, if need be, the Pathologist will don appropriate attire...