Bruce Gapinsk HT (ASCP), Chief Histologist, Marin Medical Laboratories, PathGroup SF asks:
>>Histonians, I'm sure we are not the only histology lab that deals with thick >>grossed specimens. Has anyone tried the new gross tools by Sakura? Or >>anything else that can cut ONE nickel thick. Tired of reprocessing.<< This grumpy old (74) pathologist would be happy to try them out, though I can cut freehand and almost never have a block reprocessed, but the skill eludes a lot of the young folks. Do you have a Web link for these tools? The problem would be getting a lab manager to spring for them. The Laboratory Manager's Handy-Dandy Guide to Making Life Hard for the Pathologist (I'm sure there is such a book, though I haven't actually seen one) specifies that grossing is a ritual requiring only a basic set of tools. One lab expected me to gross with an athame and chalice. I tried to explain to them that OSHA and the CAP would not permit me to gross skyclad. (You guys know I NEVER exaggerate.) Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
