Hi Tim, We do everything you do, but we also match our blocks to the written number on the slides. We catch the majority of our mistakes at that point. The other is because the font on the label is so small, we have a hard time seeing the difference between 5's & 6's!!! I'm sure it's not our ages or anything! We're working with CoPath to get a larger font!! Ahhh, getting old is SO fun! And yes, reading glasses work pretty good!! LOL
Have a great weekend everyone!! Lynette Lynette Pavelich, HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor MSH Competency Coordinator Hurley Medical Center One Hurley Plaza Flint, MI 48503 email: lpave...@hurleymc.com ph: 810-257-9948 fax: 810-762-7082 >>> "Morken, Tim" <timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org> 11/19/09 7:20 PM >>> Hi, Can people share their procedures for preventing manual slide labeling mistakes? No need to include barcoding - we are exploring that but it is a ways off. We currently have a manual process: We prohibit pre-labeling slides in batches (many blocks/slides at one time), require labeling slides (hand-written) only at the time of cutting a single block, and matching paper label to the slide after staining. We don't currently match blocks to slides. Thanks for any info! Tim Morken Supervisor, Histology / IPOX UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA _______________________________________________ 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