James, I'm not sure about the necessity of it, but it just seems to be good practice to verify that your equipment works as intended. Especially if the manufacturer states that verification checks should be performed. Check the user's manual or contact the manufacturer. Manufacturers often have a technical specialist on staff that can be helpful with those types of questions.
Mike -----Original Message----- From: Vickroy, James via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 1:14 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Histonet] Balance calibration We use two very basic electronic balances in the histology lab at the clinic. There is very limited use of these instruments. One is we weigh an amount of diastase when performing a PAS stain with diastase and we weigh the bladder and prostate TUR specimens. Is it necessary to have some sort of calibration system or annual review for CAP? While I was in the hospital we used balances for measuring IHC reagents and of course we needed very precise measurements however in the clinic we don't do any IHC stains and the special stains are limited to PAS and AFB stains. We hired a third party company to calibrate all of the balances throughout the entire lab at the hospital. The small lab at the clinic does not have any balances in usage besides the ones in Histology. Any thoughts? Jim Vickroy Histology Manager Springfield Clinic, Main Campus, East Building 1025 South 6th Street Springfield, Illinois 62703 Office: 217-528-7541, Ext. 15121 Email: jvick...@springfieldclinic.com<mailto:jvick...@springfieldclinic.com> This electronic message contains information from Springfield Clinic, LLP that may be confidential, privileged, and/or sensitive. This information is intended for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender immediately, by electronic mail, so that arrangements may be made for the retrieval of this electronic message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ 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
