TissueSAFE is a system for vacuum sealing fresh surgical specimens. Once the specimen is sealed into the plastic bag it is kept at 2-8 C until it can be and placed into 10% Formalin. We did a small trial a few months ago. The initial results showed that the morphology was virtually the same; the IHC that we performed was also very similar. In our trial we only used single pieces of tissue not entire specimens. I have no idea how well the system would work on larger tissues. The only other trials that we had heard of were from Italy and Ireland.
Cathy _____ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Warthen, Sheila Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 8:15 AM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Subject: [Histonet] Tissue Safe High Vacuum biospecimens transfer system I received some information from our surgical suite on the TissueSafe High Vacuum Biospecimens transfer system. Is anyone in histo land familiar with this machine? No price was listed. This claims to eliminate the use of formalin from the surgical suite. This is an alternative of how specimens are delivered to the laboratory with out formalin from the surgical suite. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sheila CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential health information that is legally privileged. This information is intended for the use of the named recipient(s). The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange disposition of the information. . ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3550 - Release Date: 04/04/11 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet