Hi All, When cutting for NGS testing what additional measures do you take to minimize contamination? We are a pretty clean outfit here, but still, have some trace sample carryover occurring in cases we cut in-house. We already use a fresh blade with every case, use tools like forceps instead of fingers to transfer sections from our blade to our bath, and wipe down the blade holder and water bath surface between every case.
Our NGS team is finding very small - like flake sized bits - of contamination in samples, we do not know for sure that it is from cutting. However, they want all departments to troubleshoot. Any suggestions would be a great help! _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
