Well said!
From: Bob Richmond <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 10/25/2012 09:01 PM Subject: [Histonet] Re: Number of blocks Sent by: [email protected] As I asked before, do your pathologists have any input into any of this? About embedding: I heard of a recently trained pathologist who, asked about an embedding problem, replied, "What's embedding?" We spend thousands of dollars on a bronchoscopy or an EGD to get a tiny bit of tissue that contains a life-changing diagnosis. The specimen comes to the pathology lab and is grossed by a prosector who isn't allowed an embedding sheet. The embedder has no idea how many bits of tissue to look for. Then the microtomist is expected to cut 50 blocks an hour. Then the pathologist has to make a diagnosis on a venetian-blind section. Good Management I'm sure. Bad medicine. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
