Dear all,
How do you tackle specimens which are marked positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, fresh or fixed, since grossing does not involve the release of aerosols? Not sure if fixation with formalin actually deactivates the infectious agent. Read somewhere that there is an alcohol/formalin solution for such specimens prior to arriving at the lab. Regards, Dorianne Bonello Allied Health Practitioner (MLS) Histology Laboratory - Pathology Health-Mater Dei Hospital [cid:image001.jpg@01D67184.63288530] T +356 +356 25456434 E dorianne.m.bone...@gov.mt Mater Dei Hospital, Triq id-Donaturi tad-Demm, l-Imsida, Malta MSD 2090 | Tel +356 2545 0000 | https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/MDH/Pages/Home.aspx<https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/MDH/Pages/Home.aspx> | https://www.facebook.com/materdeihospital/ Think before you print. Kindly consider your environmental responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, may be legally privileged and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
