Linda, Yes, I should have said "matching blocks and slides after staining catches mistakes but does not eliminate them."
We are looking at: isolating block to be cut, labeling slide just before or after sectioning, matching block to slide after sectioning at the cutting station. Unfortunately with a manual method it comes to taking a lot of care with what one does up front. No amount of error checking will catch all possible mistakes, and can actually lead to more if it is too tedious and tiring. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Sebree Linda A [mailto:lseb...@uwhealth.org] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:55 AM To: Morken, Tim; Mike Pence; Lynette Pavelich; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Preventing slide labeling mistakes If the matching is done at the time of sectioning, i.e. making sure the block you are about to cut matches the slide you have ready to pick up that block's section(s), it will reduce mislabeling errors....and its GLP! 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: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Tim Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:42 AM To: Mike Pence; Lynette Pavelich; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Preventing slide labeling mistakes Thanks for the suggestions. One clarification: matching blocks and slides CATCHES mistakes; it does not reduce or eliminate them. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Mike Pence [mailto:mpe...@grhs.net] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:38 AM To: Lynette Pavelich; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Morken, Tim Subject: RE: [Histonet] Preventing slide labeling mistakes You must match your blocks and slides. This will eliminate a lot of your mistakes/ NOT ALL! Mike -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Lynette Pavelich Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:52 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org Subject: Re: [Histonet] Preventing slide labeling mistakes 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 _______________________________________________ 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