I may be incorrect but I BEKLEIVE Dr. Azorides Morales at the Univ. of Miami designed the tools that Sakura manufactures. His is a huge teaching facility and I think they (pathologists, residents, etc.) all use them. (Could be wrong, but I seem to remember this a while back....)
http://uhealthsystem.com/doctors/profile/1109 Jeanine H. Bartlett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch 404-639-3590 jeanine.bartl...@cdc.hhs.gov -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of "E. Wayne Johnson ???" Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:05 PM To: Rene J Buesa Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; 'Bill B.' Subject: Re: Re: [Histonet] grossing tools I intend to make us some of these tools. It's a great idea. On 3:59, Rene J Buesa wrote: > How much squeezing? Tissues have certain elasticity and after the squeezing > they will "bounce back" as a thicker slice. "Free hand" sectioning I think is > always better. > René J. > > From: "Weems, Joyce K."<joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org> > To: 'Bill B.'<bill...@mindspring.com>; > "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"<histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:09 AM > Subject: RE: [Histonet] grossing tools > > 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 > > > > http://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
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