This issue seems to be rearing its ugly head in our lab once again. What is the correct procedure for decontaminating a cryostat after let's say a specimen from an HIV patient for a frozen was cut on it? We have a couple of different cryostats, one of them defrosts quickly and the other one ices over and defrosts very slowly. Our PA's assist with 98% of the frozens and will use either one of the cryostats. Our pathologists, who perform frozens by themselves on a rare occasion, prefer the cryostat that defrosts very slowly. Of course the cryostat that was contaminated was down awaiting decontamination when a pathologist had to perform a frozen. We are now being told that we need to replace the cryostat that the pathologist doesn't like to use. So have any of you had any issues like this and if you have how did you handle it? Are there any decontamination procedures available for a quick turnaround? Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sharon Davis-Devine, CT (ASCP) Cytology-Histology Supervisor Carle Foundation Hospital Laboratory and Pathology Services 611 West Park Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 217-383-3572 sharon.davis-dev...@carle.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet