Pathology Specimen or Review and consider Pathology Reports/Information about sample is See Notes to transfer to a of Deposit Specimens and samples destroyed Event & Review and consider 30 Years Transaction Blood bank register Creation transfer to a Place of minimum Records Deposit & Review and if no longer Transaction Clinical Creation 5 years needed destroy Records Event & Review and consider Transaction Chaplaincy records Creation 2 years transfer to a Place of See also Corporate Retention Records Deposit Diaries of clinical activity & visits must be & End of the Review and if no longer written up and transferred to the main patient Transaction Clinical Diaries year to which 2 years needed destroy file. If the information is not transferred the Records they relate diary must be kept for 8 years. Clinical protocols may have archival value. & Review and consider They may also be routinely captured in clinical Transaction Clinical Protocols Creation 25 years transfer to a Place of governance meetings which may form part of Records Deposit the permanent record (see Corporate Records).
Pathology Pathology Reports/Information about Specimens and samples Specimen or sample is destroyed See Notes Review and consider transfer to a of Deposit to Event & Transaction Records Blood bank register Creation 30 Years minimum Review and consider transfer to a Place of Deposit & Transaction Records Clinical Creation 5 years Review and if no longer needed destroy Event & Transaction Records Chaplaincy records Creation 2 years Review and consider transfer to a Place of Deposit See also Corporate Retention & Transaction Records Clinical Diaries End of the year to which they relate 2 years Review and if no longer needed destroy Diaries of clinical activity & visits must be written up and transferred to the main patient file. If the information is not transferred the diary must be kept for 8 years. & Transaction Records Clinical Protocols Creation 25 years Review and consider transfer to a Place of Deposit Clinical protocols may have archival value. They may also be routinely captured in clinical governance meetings which may form part of the permanent record (see Corporate Records).