We have a 6 hours program that we process ours on - our assistant works wee hours of the morning and has them ready to start around 6 am. If they don't get on same day, they go on the regular overnight run. j
Joyce Weems Pathology Manager Saint Joseph's Hospital 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 678-843-7376 - Phone 678-843-7831 - Fax From: Clare Thornton <cthorn...@dahlchase.com> Subject: [Histonet] cell blocks To: "'Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" <Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 1:14 PM How does everyone process their cell blocks? Currently, we use our biopsy run for smaller cell blocks, but the larger ones we use our routine tissue process. Our lab manager would like us to look at putting all cell blocks, regardless of size, on our biopsy run, to increase turn around time. I have my doubts, since some cell blocks, especially bronch washes and pleural fluids, can be quite large and greasy or mucous-y. What does everyone else do? We use standard 10% NBF, xylene, and paraplast xtra on our processors. We would process on a Leica Peloris. Our standard bx protocol is about 1.5 hours total, and our standard routine protocol is about 7 hours. Thank you! Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP),QIHC Assistant Histology Supervisor Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services 417 State Street, Suite 540 Bangor, ME 04401 cthorn...@dahlchase.com _______________________________________________ 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 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet