Our 2 cents: What is a level? A level is how you've defined level in your SOP. In this lab, we use the words level and recut interchangeably. We define a level as 40 microns deeper than the previous section. If the pathologist wants to see every section of tissue cut without skipping any tissue, then they order "sequential" sections. If we get orders to go into a block a second time, call it recut or level, then the 1st slide is always the first full face section obtained. If the tech senses that the orders will exhaust the tissue in the block, then they communicate that to the pathologist before cutting. If the pathologist orders the block to be cut through, we will ask them how many slides they want and space them accordingly. Its not really that complicated and it works for us.
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