For pesky animal hair (we are a veterinary lab) with very little tissue attached, we wrap in lens paper - one layer of paper on one side of tissue and all other layers of the paper envelope on other side of the tissue - and embed the entire package.
Tresa -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 9:24 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] biopsy "bags" for processing - alternatives All knowing Histonet, Our grossing staff uses nylon "biopsy bags" to enclose some biopsy specimens. The embedding staff find them troublesome because when they pull the bags open they tend to "pop" open and throw the tissue off in all directions. They have to be very careful opening these. Is there another bag made of some other material that is less prone to this problem? For various reasons some of these samples can't be put on sponges. They do wrap some in flat biopsy paper, but not others. It seems to be a grossing personal preference more than anything else. Thanks for any and all info! Tim Morken Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center Box 1656 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco, CA 94143 USA 415.514-6042 (office) tim.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org<mailto:tim.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org> _______________________________________________ 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
