Hi Joyce, I will try that thanks. It would keep them from slipping around too. This has come up since we have gone from 2-3 breast biopsies a month to 5 to 10 a week, and me being a solo pathologist, I've been imagining devices to speed things up and be more accurate.
Regards, Bill Blank At 4:09 PM +0000 2/13/13, Weems, Joyce K. wrote: >I have found squeezing the tissue (for the block sections) between two >cassettes held back to back gives the firmness needed to trim good thin >sections. > >Joyce Weems >Pathology Manager >678-843-7376 Phone >678-843-7831 Fax >joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org > > > >www.saintjosephsatlanta.org >5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road >Atlanta, GA 30342 > >This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Saint Joseph's >Hospital 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. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bill B. >Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:58 AM >To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >Subject: Re: [Histonet] grossing tools > >At 5:38 PM +0000 2/12/13, Bruce Gapinski wrote: >> 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.<< > >A bane indeed, not only for histotechs, but for those doing the grossing. Our >big problem is breast biopsies. The combination of fat and fibrous tissue >makes it hard (impossible) to get consistent thicknesses manually. > >I have been trying to find some kind 'jig' that would hold inked breast >biopsies of widely varying sizes that could guide the knife as the biopsy is >bread-loafed to get consistent thicknesses. I'm not sure what words to look >for or search for. > >OTOH, given our difficulty in getting paid for the tech component (we are an >independent lab, long used to global billing), I dont want to spend a fortune >for something. > >All advice is super-greatly appreciated. > >Bill > >-- >______________ >Bill Blank, MD >Heartland Lab > >_______________________________________________ >Histonet mailing list >Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > >________________________________ > >This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of >the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >information. If the reader of this message is not the intended >recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution >or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly >prohibited. > >If you have received this message in error, please contact >the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the >original message (including attachments). > >_______________________________________________ >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
