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SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY POSITION PAPER: BEST PRACTICES FOR REPORTING PATHOLOGY INTERPRETATIONS WITHIN GLP TOXICOLOGY STUDIES.
Citation:
MORTON, D., R. K. KEMP, S. FRANCKE-CARROLL, K. F. JENSEN, J. MCCARTNEY, T. M. MONTICELLO, R. PERRY, O. PULIDO, N. ROOME, K. SCHAFER, R. SELLERS, AND P. W. SNYDER. SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY POSITION PAPER: BEST PRACTICES FOR REPORTING PATHOLOGY INTERPRETATIONS WITHIN GLP TOXICOLOGY STUDIES. TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY. Society of Toxicology, RESTON, VA, 34:806-809, (2006).
Impact/Purpose:
To offer several recommendations to help pathologists, study directors, and other study personnel guarantee the quality and reliability of pathology data
Description:
The study pathologist provides specialized expertise to the interpretation of the toxicity and safety of pharmaceuticals, biological agents, human and animal food additives, environmental and industrial chemicals, and medical devices in animal studies. The study pathologist's findings and conclusions must be accurately and completely reflected in the study report. The pathology findings also must be integrated with other study data to provide a comprehensive discussion of toxicity and/or pharmacology of a chemical, device, or material and the relationship of toxicity to exposure. In this manuscript The Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) offers the several recommendations to help pathologists, study directors, other study personnel, guarantee the quality and reliability of pathology data and interpretations incorporated within animal toxicology studies. These recommendations address the contributions of the study pathologist to toxicology study report, review of the report by the study pathologist, qualifications of the pathologist for authorship of the study report, contents of the pathology report, the pathology review, the pathology narrative, and the form and generation of the pathology report.