In the end it is still a new instrument. It should be validated for all the stains you do on it. This would seem like best practice to me.
Kim Donadio Pathology Supervisor Baptist Hospital 1000 W Moreno St. Pensacola FL 32501 Phone (850) 469-7718 Fax (850) 434-4996 Rene J Buesa <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 01/05/2010 11:38 AM To "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>, Dorothy LWebb <[email protected]> cc Subject Re: [Histonet] Special stains Dorothy: I would NOT do it. If you do not change the procedure it does not really matter which auto stainer you use. Your "validation" is the reaction of your control that should react as before. As a matter of fact, I would be more inclined to made a validation if you change your control rather than if you change the auto stainer. If, for example, you are doing IHC and your dilution has been "fine tuned" for a given tissue control and you change the tissue, you will need to "fine tune" the dilution to have the same reaction strength of the epitope in the new control, but you will not have to change your procedure. That is why I always used IHC internal controls, and by using "normal strength epitopes" I don't have to keep validating. That is also why I always shied away from using pathological cases to use as epitope controls. So, I would not advise you to go through validation because of changing the auto stainer, as long as the procedure is the same. René J. --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Webb, Dorothy L <[email protected]> wrote: From: Webb, Dorothy L <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Special stains To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 12:23 PM We are switching automated special stain equipment to a different vendor and am wondering if we have to validate all of the special stains we do. I am from the "old school" and the validation process, other than IHC, is not my forte!! Any advice would be appreciated, so, thanks ahead of time!! Dorothy Webb, Ht (ASCP) Regions Histology Technical Supervisor 651-254-2962 ________________________________ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the HealthPartners Support Center by telephone at (952) 967-6600. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. HealthPartners R001.0 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ----------------------------------------- All electronic data transmissions originating from or sent to Baptist Health Care Corporation (BHC) are subject to monitoring. This message along with any attached data, are the confidential and proprietary communications of BHC and are intended to be received only by the individual or individuals to whom the message has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please take notice that any use, copying, printing, forwarding or distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited and may violate State or Federal Law. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete or destroy all copies of this message. For questions, contact the BHC Privacy Officer at (850) 434-4472. Rev.10/07. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
