I agree Terry, The TMA slide is a very economical and powerful way to validate with minimal slides needed.
Colleen Forster On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Terri Braud via Histonet < histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Just another note: You can order unstained tissue microarrays with the > prerequisite number of cases, both positive and negative, and stain your > validation all on one slide. I've done this for years and for 3 different > validations of entire IHC platform changes, ranging from 40 to over 100 > antibodies each time. Saves time and money. > > Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) > Anatomic Pathology Supervisor > Laboratory > Holy Redeemer Hospital > 1648 Huntingdon Pike > Meadowbrook, PA 19046 > ph: 215-938-3689 > fax: 215-938-3874 > Care, Comfort, and Heal > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:54:30 -0700 > From: "Paula" <plu...@biopath.org> > Subject: [Histonet] Antibody Validation CLIA > > Hello, > We've been discussing about the quantity of slides to run as a validation > for IHC antibodies. We are governed by CLIA, and we would like to know if > there is a set number of slides to run for a particular antibody we would > like to bring in-house for Validation. I think CAP requires 20 slides..? > And so we are asking if there is a requirement with CLIA to run a certain > number of slides, or is it up to us (the laboratory director) to decide how > many slides to run for Validation/Verification. > Thank you 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