Recommendations on Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Anatomic Pathology

Abstract

This document was prepared by the QC/QA Committee of the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. The members of the Committee were Dr. Thomas A. Bonfiglio, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Dr. Joseph M. Corson, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Dr. Robert E. Fechner, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: Dr. Nancy L. Harris, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Dr. Virginia A. LiVolsi, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; Dr. Juan Rosai, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT (Committee Chairman); and Dr. Steven G. Silverberg, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr. Juan Rosai's current address is Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A., to where correspondence and reprint requests should be submitted.