I was the one that started the inquiry, however SO there is no confusion, my lab is NOT the one with the 7% loss.
Steve Pinheiro 708-327-2642 -----Original Message----- From: Kienitz, Kari [mailto:kkien...@orclinic.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 3:44 PM To: Steve McClain; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 140, Issue 6 Specimen loss whoa! 7% of specimens? Working in a high volume colonoscopy laboratory for 4 years, I've only had two specimens that were so minute there was nothing at embedding. Bio-wraps or lens paper is a must. Kari Kienitz HT, (ASCP) Histology Laboratory Gastroenterology-EAST The Oregon Clinic 1111 NE 99th Ave Portland, OR 97220 503.935.8311 kkien...@orclinic.com CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This e-mail and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this missive. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. Thank you ________________________________________ From: Steve McClain [ste...@mcclainlab.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:47 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 140, Issue 6 Specimen loss My goodness 7% tissue loss is ridiculous. What fool published that? A 0.8% "loss of tissue" is beyond me. Would any one advertise in the local paper that your center of excellence lab loses nearly 1% of your specimens? "possibly too small to survive processing" is in my opinion, a self-fulfilling prophesy, one to be eschewed and denounced, or beaten out of the grosser who dares use that description for it is an expectation of failure. That grosser would not last a week around me. I would walk them to the train station and ask them not to return. I felt less cantankerous before I read that one. Steve A. McClain, MD 631 361 4000 **** _______________________________________________ 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 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Trinity Health and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
