P.S. We use Platinum series from Mercedes Medical (so far we're okay) previously we used Fisher Superfrost +, good quality, however these were very expensive.
Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP) Histology Manager Metropath 7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250 Lakewood, CO 80226 303.634.2511 mjo...@metropath.com On 6/4/14 4:48 PM, "Sharon Scalise" <sscal...@beaumont.edu> wrote: >I am looking for comments about validating slides in histology/immuno. >We have always validated our charged slides if we went to a new >brand/vendor in order to ensure that the tissue sections will adhere >properly during immuno procedures and certain special stains. Once we >found them to be acceptable, we continue to use them, lot to lot, and >never validate as long as we do not change brand/vendor. We recently ran >into a problem with slides that we received by accident (similar >packaging, different slide) and they were used for some immuno cases. >The sections on many of the slides fell off and the stains had to be >repeated. We realized the problem and pulled the slides out of service. >We contacted the vendor and they said that those slides should have been >pulled from the shelf, that it was a bad batch and they should have never >been sent to anyone, yet alone incorrectly sent to us. >I started to think that we might want to consider validating new lots we >receive to ensure that each lot is acceptable. As we began this >discussion there were people who felt that in any lot you could have >slides that are acceptable and maybe some boxes that give you problems. >How do you know if all slides in one lot are treated exactly the same? >Can you really use lot number to verify quality when it comes to slides? >I am not exactly sure of the process used to "charge" the slides so I >don't feel qualified to answer these questions. >What is everyone else doing about slide validation? Is it really >necessary? (I can say that in 30 years I have never seen it done with >each new lot, but I have been at the same job for the past 18 years). > >Thanks for your input! > >Sharon Scalise, HTL(ASCP) >Histology Supervisor-Anatomic Pathology >Beaumont Health System >3601 W. 13 Mile Rd. >Royal Oak, MI 48073 >248 898-5981 >sscal...@beaumont.edu<mailto:sscal...@beaumont.edu> > > >_______________________________________________ >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