We try to be at 0.5% or less. We monitored as a quality indicator for several
years and had to modify something to get to that point, but it is pretty steady
now. We have new residents constantly rotating into pathology so it is a
training issue every month.
Tim Morken
Supervisor, Electron M
> Good afternoon Fellow histonetters!
>
> I was wondering if there are any tertiary institutions out there that have
> set a benchmark for reprocessing tissue? We tend to be less than 1%, but
> would love to see what others think is reasonable.
>
> Thanks for the feedback and hope you all ar
Great point John!
We do attempt to have all of the specimen handling for our control tissue,
match that of our specimens. However,
tonsillectomies at our hospital are only performed on Thursdays. So we fix
them for 24hrs (until Friday) then process overnight and remove
from the processor on Saturda
Hello Histopeeps,
I hope you are having a great week.
I wanted to send a quick note to tell you about the positions that I am
working on and am most excited about.
Why am I excited about these positions?
Because each of these clients was asked: If I had a histotech for you today
would you be re
The processing schedule looks fine. I am thinking that if you are having no
problems with morphology on the H&E processing is not the issue. The extended
period in the warming draw is a good hypothesis.
I do have a question. How long was that particular piece of tonsil kept in
formalin before pr
