We do not embed in order since we have 6 grossers but we do cut in order Sent from my iPad
> On May 24, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Garrey Faller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am looking for a histotech procedure for keeping the water bath clean and > for preventing cross contamination of patient specimens. I know one should > use a kim wipe (or something similar) to clean the water surface of any > ribbon debris between cases. However, should the top edge of the water bath > be clean of all debris between every case? Sometimes I see a mound-like > build up of paraffin ribbon debris, and I am told that this is a normal > practice while others say that it is not. > I'd like to modify my policy to say that there should be no debris on the > water surface or on the hard top edge of the water bath in between cases. > Is this out of line? Is this what everyone practices? > > Also, with the exception of rush type cases and perhaps large specimens, > does everyone embed in numerical order and then cut in numerical order? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Garrey Faller > Pathologist > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
