Here is the CAP checklist requirement: ANP.21450 All histochemical stains are of adequate quality, and daily controls are demonstrated on each day of use for the tissue components or organism for which they were designed.
Ray...you should call the CAP and ask for guidance on this. My interpretation of this requirement is that it should be OK to use a fungus from an orange peel. An orange peel fungus should have the same staining characteristics as a candida or aspergillus etc. Similarly a bacteria is a bacteria. If you can produce a control that has both gram positives and negatives, it should be OK. But, don't quote me on this. Call the CAP for a definitive answer. I am interested in their response. Garrey On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 9:06 PM, <koelli...@comcast.net> wrote: > I asked about this in a different vein months ago. Has anyone shown a > strawberry or ground meat or slim jim or orange peel as a bacteria/fungus > control used for diagnostics to an inspector inspecting the lab and was > there any comment from the inspector either positive or negative. Never > heard back anything. > Ray, Lake Forest Park, WA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tjfinney2...@gmail.com > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 5:24:53 PM > Subject: [Histonet] (no subject) > > GMS controls > >From my understanding we can't use non human controls on patients. I > could be wrong, but you may want to look into it. > > Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Phone. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet