We contact the person who requested and submitted the specimens to find out if they want the blocks or tissue in some cases. If they no longer want them, have moved on to another facility or graduated and gone so are the blocks. The only other person we ask is the overall PI of the laboratory and then he will decide in some rare cases what stays.
We need space and sometimes it just comes down to out of sight and gone so are the specimens. Sorry we had to get tough at one point. Pamela A Marcum University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Comparative Orthopedic Laboratory (CORL) 382 W Street Rd Kennett Square PA 19438 610-925-6278 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sherwood, Margaret Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:39 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Paraffin Blocks I know this subject has probably been addressed before, but I need to poll the net. We are a Pathology Core in a research center. We have paraffin blocks (mostly non-human) collected since we were established in 1986. Our core will soon be undergoing renovation and we need to either store or dispose of a good many of these blocks. It will be expensive to store all these blocks and, since most of them have never been accessed again, we would like to destroy them. I would like to hear back from other people as to what their policy is, especially in a clinical setting. Thank you. Peggy Peggy Sherwood Lab Associate, Photopathology Wellman Center for Photomedicine (W224) Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114-2696 617-724-4839 (voice mail) 617-726-6983 (lab) 617-726-1206 (fax) msherw...@partners.org The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet