I also agree. We've done this when the investigator requests being there to help orient tissue. We just remove the cassette and let drain on paper towel. Have never had a problem. (I wouldn't leave in liquid, hot paraffin, though).
Peggy Sherwood Research Specialist, Photopathology Wellman Center for Photomedicine (EDR 214) Massachusetts General Hospital 50 Blossom Street Boston, MA 02114-2696 617-724-4839 (voice mail) 617-726-6983 (lab) 617-726-1206 (fax) msherw...@partners.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Tarango Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:25 PM To: Robert Schoonhoven Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Tom McNemar Subject: Re: [Histonet] Process and hold? I second that! On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Robert Schoonhoven < robert_schoonho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > All you need to do is have them drain the chamber and place the cassettes > on a nonabsorbent surface and allow them to cool to room temp. On Monday > morning have the techs put the into the cassette storage on your embedding > center and they should be ready to embed witin a few minutes. As the > tissues are processed through paraffin they are protected and will not > "dry" out. > > > Robert Schoonhoven, HT/HTL (ASCP) > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom McNemar <tmcne...@lmhealth.org> > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:56 PM > Subject: [Histonet] Process and hold? > > Hello all, > > I was wondering about processing breast specimens (needle cores) on > Fridays. > > We have asked our radiology department to try to avoid scheduling these > breast biopsies on Fridays since we do not work weekends and are concerned > about the extended time in formalin. > > I am thinking that we can run these specimens on a second processor over > Friday night and have someone from the clinical lab come up and drain the > paraffin. The tissues would then sit in a warm moist retort until Monday > morning when they would be embedded and cut. I think the specimens would > be fine. Processing would be complete at that point and they would hold in > the unopened retort chamber. > > Our alternative is to have someone come in every Saturday morning just to > remove and embed these specimens..... > > > > Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP) > Histology Co-ordinator > Licking Memorial Health Systems > (740) 348-4163 > (740) 348-4166 > tmcne...@lmhealth.org<mailto:tmcne...@lmhealth.org> > www.LMHealth.org > <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\TMCNEMAR\Application%20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\ > www.LMHealth.org> > > ________________________________ > This e-mail, including attachments, is intended for the sole use of the > individual and/or entity to whom it is addressed, and contains information > from Licking Memorial Health Systems which is confidential or privileged. > If you are not the intended recipient, nor authorized to receive for the > intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or > use of the contents of this e-mail and attachments is prohibited. If you > have received this in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and > delete the message immediately. You may also contact the LMH Process > Improvement Center at 740-348-4641. E-mail transmissions cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions > in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet