Hello Colleagues, I'm looking for opinions/experience regarding the following idea:
I am thinking about using Histogel (not pushing this product over another, just don't know what else to call it!!) to localize the aspirate to a more confined area, hopefully more consistently on a single plane, and perhaps improve the "cutability" of the more brittle, crumbly specimens. Currently we filter BM aspirates with a piece of lenspaper, scrape the tissue from the "filter" onto a smaller piece of lenspaper that is then folded and placed between 2 biopsy pads in a cassette. Then the embedder has to scrape the processed material into the embedding mold and hopefully get most of it in the same plane (which he does reasonably well). What I would like to do is scrape most of the tissue to the bottom of the lenspaper filter cone, add histogel and then place the resulting pellet in a cassette for subsequent processing. I look forward to reading your knowledgeable replies. Have a nice weekend everyone. Sincerely, Greg Greg Dobbin, R.T. Chief Technologist, Anatomic Pathology Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 6600 Charlottetown, PE C1A 8T5 Phone: (902) 894-2337 Fax: (902) 894-2385 "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. D?claration de confidentialit? Le pr?sent message (y compris les annexes) peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels ? l'intention d'une personne ou d'un organisme particulier. Si vous avez re?u la pr?sente communication par erreur, veuillez en informer l'exp?diteur imm?diatement. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire pr?vu, vous n'avez pas le droit d'utiliser, divulguer, distribuer, copier ou imprimer ce courriel ou encore de vous en servir, et vous devriez l'effacer imm?diatement de votre syst?me informatique. ------------------------- _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
