Why don't you do a scrimp slide? Just drag the biopsy over a clean glass slide to dislodge as many cells as possible and then fix the cells on the slide with spray fix. You stain the cells and if they are similarly disrupted it isn't your Techs; the problem is therefore in vitro.
Kemlo Rogerson e-mail kemloroger...@nhs.net if not at work. DD 01934 647057 or extension 3311 Mob 07749 754194; Embrace uncertainty. Hard problems rarely have easy solutions. --Jonah Lehrer This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept my apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform me that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Anne van Binsbergen Sent: 11 May 2009 08:02 To: Jimmy Lofton Cc: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Liver biopsy concerns We have mysterious artefact in our Renal biopsies (shattering and strange cellular 'cracking') which i am pretty sure come from a similar scenario the pathologists are dead keen to blame my techs - but i have conducted several detailed investigations of all our processes and found NOTHING lab-related to convince me that they are to blame have been on several procedures myself and am very suspicious of the interventional radiologists and particularly the local anaesthetic being pumped into the op-site but alas, no-one listens - they just carry on and do their own thing 2009/5/8 Jimmy Lofton <lofto...@holycrosshealth.org> > Has anyone had any concerns regarding the samples of Liver Biopsies > from Ultra Sound that uses any anesthesia at the injection site? Air > drying artifact, autolysis and shattering of the specimen. > > Thanks, > > Jimmy > > > Jimmy Lofton, M.S., HT,CT(ASCP) > Manager Histology Laboratory > Holy Cross Hospital > 1500 Forest Glen Road > Silver Spring, MD 20910-1484 > 301-754-7353 (Phone) > 301-754-8563 (Fax) > lofto...@holycrosshealth.org > > > Trinity Health MailGate made the following annotations > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information > that is confidential and privileged under state and Federal privacy > laws. If you received this e-mail in error, be aware that any > unauthorized use; disclosure, copying, or distribution is strictly > prohibited. Please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Anne van Binsbergen (Hope) Abu Dhabi UAE _______________________________________________ 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