To explore the application of the 30°gradient clapboard storage rack for the specimen in the storage management of specimens in operating room.

The the 30°gradient clapboard storage rack for the specimen was self-designed and applied in clinic based on a series of problems including that the specimen was deposited in plane container such as the large tray and there was easy not fixation fluid immerging into the specimen and there was fixation fluid leakage and so on. A total of 927 specimens of surgery deposited in the large tray before improvement (October 2014) was selected as control group. A total of 974 specimens of surgery deposited in the 30°gradient clapboard storage rack for the specimen after improvement (October 2015) was selected as observation group. And then, we compared the incidence that the fixation fluid didn't immerge into the specimen and there was fixation fluid leakage and specimen bag toppled and fell and the degree of satisfaction of doctors.

The incidence that the fixation fluid didn't immerge into the specimen and specimen bag toppled and fell and there was fixation fluid leakage were 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.1% after using storage rack for the specimen lower than those (11.1% and 9.1% 5.5%) before using it. The fraction defective of specimen storagein observation group was 0.4% , the control group was 26.0%. The difference was significant(χ²=270.595, P<0.01). The degree of satisfaction of surgeons in observation group was 100.00%, the control group was 38%. The difference was significant (χ²=42.076, P<0.01).

The special purpose storage rack for the specimen satisfies the demands of surgical specimen storage. It can effectively guarantee that the fixation fluid immerge into the specimen, solve the phenomena that there is fixation fluid leakage, control the occupational exposure and environmental pollution and improve the quality of specimen storage.

Diffusion of innovation; Specimen handling; Storage rack; Surgical specimen