We only run IHC for H. pylori when the appropriate inflammatory background is present or when the patient has tested positive in the past and we receive a follow-up gastric specimen where bugs are not identified on H&E.
Running H. pylori IHC on every gastric biopsy is uncalled for and borders on "Fraud and Abuse". Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax >>> Joanne Clark <jcl...@pcnm.com> 7/13/2011 2:22 PM >>> Hi All, was wondering how everyone does their IHC for H. pylori. Do you automatically run it on all biopsies of the stomach, or do you screen first with a giemsa and run IHC on the ones that are negative by giemsa? Thanks for the input! Joanne Clark, HT Histology Supervisor Pathology Consultants of New Mexico _______________________________________________ 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
