Hi Michelle, We have used the Milestone Tissue Safe Plus unit with Integrated Data Logger card reader to seal formalin-fixed placentas since 2019. Placentas are drained of excess formalin in a chemical hood, placed into a labelled bag and sealed.
We instituted the process to reduce the formalin fume leakage that often accompanies the storage of these specimens and to decrease the storage space required. The process has lived up to its aims (formalin fume containment, no liquid leakage and reduced storage requirements) and we are currently sampling the early specimens (3 years in storage) to analyse any adverse morphology and Immunohistochemical staining that might occur. Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) Principal Scientist, the Children's Hospital at Westmead Adjunct Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 Pathology Department the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Perrins via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2021 11:25 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Vacuum packing of formalin fixed tissues for archiving Hello I would like to know if any histology laboratory stores their fixed specimens this way and what instrument do you use? Regards Michelle Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows Disclaimer - University of Cape Town This email is subject to UCT policies and email disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/main/email-disclaimer or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. If this email is not related to the business of UCT, it is sent by the sender in an individual capacity. Please report security incidents or abuse via https://csirt.uct.ac.za/page/report-an-incident.php. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of NSW Health or any of its entities. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet