Sure. It looks like below except make the letters backwards. CONTROL PATIENT
Our tech went to a business supply store in her home town and requested to have a stamp made. You can get a stamp made for anything. It was approximately $20.00 and she got a stamp pad and ink. We all talked about it for a while as we label the slides for the control pretty much as soon as we coverslip the slide. We coverslip by hand, so the coverslip isn't dry yet, therefore we decided it was easier to label the back of the slide. It's hard to write backwards for some, so we had some dyslexic moments. The stamp eliminated the dyslexia, it was neater and easier to read. Our pathologist wanted it labeled the complete word, not just drawing a line and using "C" and "P" to indicate like we tried to do. The ink doesn't come off unless it comes in contact with alcohol. If the stamp is smeared, we remove it with alcohol and repeat it. It dries right away and everyone seems happy with the results. If you have a tape automatic coverslipper, you could just stamp the front as they stay put, unlike a glass coverslip done by hand. We also called around to see if we could get coverslips made stamped with this and Erie Scientific would make it for us, but at a ridiculous cost as they thought it would compete with their red box slide or etched glass slide. Hope this helps. Jodie Robertson, HT (ASCP) QIHC Pathology Sciences Medical Group -----Original Message----- From: Sebree Linda A [mailto:lseb...@uwhealth.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:46 AM To: Jodie Robertson Subject: RE: [Histonet] Control & pt on same slide Very interesting. Can you tell me more about what type of stamp you had made? Linda A. Sebree University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics IHC/ISH Laboratory DB1-223 VAH 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792 (608)265-6596 -----Original Message----- From: Jodie Robertson [mailto:jrobert...@pathologysciences.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:42 AM To: Sebree Linda A; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Control & pt on same slide 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