Hi Tim, There are several embedding events through-out the day, though mostly in the wee hours of the morning. The embedding centers would be in the same room as the microtomes (another question about those tomorrow).
I worry about the small (GI, needles, etc) biopsies freezing before they reach the embedding stations. In my experience, once they freeze they get this outer wax coating (like a permeability barrier) which doesn't melt when placed in the dry (no paraffin inside) but hot, holding bin. They just don't seem to embed that well and have a tendency to drop out of the sections when cutting. Has anyone else had that happen? Paula On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Morken, Timothy <timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu> wrote: > Paula, > How many times per day? > Is the embedding close to the cutting area? > > Of course any extra walking is a problem, especially in busy areas. Is > this a non-patient area (hopefully!)? Any restructuring should be to move > things closer together, not further away! > > Having said that, If it comes to that I would be more concerned about > embedding proximity to the cutting area since having embedding near cutting > enhances workflow and cross coverage. If you don't unload processors very > often then having them distant might not be too bad. Not ideal, but not a > necessarily a deal killer. > > > Tim Morken > Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus > Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies > Department of Pathology > UC San Francisco Medical Center > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto: > histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Paula Sicurello > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:29 AM > To: HistoNet > Subject: [Histonet] Embedding Question > > It has been proposed to move the embedding centers to a room about 210 ft > away from the tissue processors. > > The trip from processor to embedding center would take over 2 minutes and > require the histotechs to carry the baskets full of cassettes down a much > used hallway. > > Opinions? > > Do you feel this is a good idea-yes or no and why? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paula > _______________________________________________ > 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