We are fortunate to have a wonderful gross photography set up. Our residents take many pictures. The photos are downloaded and kept in our LIS system. One nice thing for taking photos is for the mapping of bone tumors.
Hazel Horn Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP) Supervisor of Histology Arkansas Children's Hospital 1 Children's Way Slot 820 Little Rock, AR 72202 phone 501.364.4240 fax 501.364.3155 visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Richmond Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:17 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Gross Photography In my travels as a locum tenens pathologist, I've never seen a pathology service with functioning gross photography, and most of the pathologists I've worked with have been quite hostile to the idea. When a surgeon requests a gross photograph, either an ancient Polaroid camera is hauled out of a forgotten drawer and used to take an out-of-focus print, or else somebody calls Public Relations and half an hour later a dresser-for-successer comes click-click-clicking into the lab in her high heels, goes eeeeyyewww, and takes an out-of-focus photograph using high-end equipment. I've done a fair amount of digital gross photography, using my own camera. Very useful for tumor conferences and the like. Yesterday I shot the photographic protocol for a hospital's tumor board, photographing through the microscope's ocular with my Nikon Coolpix. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet