You have included all the criteria; fixation, processing, embedding, microtomy, staining, coverslipping and labeling. If you were able to submit slides to CAP under their HQIP program, you would get graded evaluations. Short of that, could you perhaps send out duplicate slides to another local lab, or sister hospital, for peer review? You could offer to exchange slides on a twice yearly basis, since they, too, may be looking for additional quality control.
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of louise renton Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:25 AM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] QC on stained slides Hi all As part of a self assessment programme conducted by my employer, and related to my performance review and salary adjustment, I need to determine the criteria of what makes a stained slide acceptable or unacceptable. I was wondering if anyone out there had a "checklist" that they would be willing to share, that i could perhaps adapt. I realise that the easiest would be to send slides out for external control, but in this case it is not feasible. What I put together is this: - Quality of decalcification, processing, infiltration - Quality of sections (no wrinkles, missing bits, scores etc) - Entire representation of tissue area - staining pattern as expected according to protocol - coverslipped without bubbles or other inclusions - labelled neatly and correctly but, the question inmy mind is what would be the criteria that would make a slide merely adequate or truely outstanding? PLease help thank you -- Louise Renton Bone Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa +27 11 717 2298 (tel & fax) 073 5574456 (emergencies only) "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls". George Carlin No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. _______________________________________________ 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