We had to do away with the red control box slides due to having some staining issues with the Benchmark. One of our techs came up with a stamp that we stamp the back of our slides with Control on top, a line and patient on the bottom and we stamp it in the middle between the control and the patient on the back of the slide. The letters are reversed on the stamp so we can do this. It works really well and the pathologists are happy with this. It is better than handwriting.
Jodie Robertson, HT (ASCP) QIHC Pathology Sciences Medical Group -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sebree Linda A Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:40 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Control & pt on same slide Histonetters, As a cost savings measure, we are considering doing away with using "red box" control slides. We would still like to put our control tissue on the same slide as our patient tissue. These are my questions: are people doing this and if so are you putting the control tissue on the top or bottom of the slide and how do you indicate which tissue is patient and which is control? Thanks for your responses. Linda A. Sebree University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics IHC/ISH Laboratory DB1-223 VAH 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792 (608)265-6596 _______________________________________________ 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