Characterising the use of surgical pathology rush requests: a descriptive analysis and survey

• DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2022-208170
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15T17:29:40Z
• Authors: Christopher Tran; Boris Virine; Ariel Gershon; Keith F Kwan; Helen C Ettler
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Pathology, Surgical; Humans; Hospitals; Retrospective Studies; 3. Good health

This study aimed to characterise priority or 'rush' surgical pathology requests and identify potentially targetable factors. We performed a retrospective descriptive analysis of rush at our institution from 2016 2019 conducted survey asking pathologists about their perspectives on cases. There were 3677 cases, with case characteristics generally stable over the period. Two categories identified based hospital status; outpatient more frequently provided specific date for diagnosis, while inpatient required diagnosis as soon possible. Most found cases be somewhat stressful compared routine (65.2%) it very extremely useful know when result is needed (86.9%). The use hospitalisation status, identifying if results are by certain date, may help in effective triaging