Terri this sounds entirely logical! I will try running a blank rack to warm
the drying station up before running a single deeper slide.
My pathologist and I will both be very happy if it makes a difference!
Thank you!
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From: Terri Braud
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 12
For your entertainment, I have a bizarre phenomenon to share with the group:
I am occasionally losing the TOP section on a deeper cut H&E slide.
Full run of daily slides do not show this issue. A deeper slide cut later in
the day might, or a deeper slide cut first thing in the morning may, when
Has anyone been seeing a rash of leaky formalin specimen containers lately?
Specifically the small 4oz red lid containers from a certain manufacturer?
We are seeing leakage from probably 70-80% of the containers in the last couple
of months. Multiple lot #s and multiple clinic locations.
It is
Hello All;
Can anyone suggest a required temperature range for Histology Labs?
Specifically in regards to performing paraffin embedding and microtomy?
I think room temperature swings of 66 to 83 degrees F are excessive and I am
seeing some issues with paraffin cooling too quickly while embeddin
Looking for any folks out there who have experience with cervical biopsies
obtained using the "SpiraBrush" technique. It is from the Histologics Company
and employs a fabric 'brush' to obtain the sample instead of the standard punch
instrument.
One of our gynecologists would like to begin usin
Has anyone noticed the stainless steel baskets for a Sakura VIP-6 tissue
processor warping on the sides? Still perfectly useable; mine just start
bowing out on each side. They've not been dropped. It does leave a small gap
on each side that I suppose a cassette could sneak out of. I occasi
Does anyone out there have any tips for getting large fatty skin
excisions formalin fixed for gross dissection in a reasonable amount of
time?
Thank you.
Kim Kolman
Kimberly D. Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center
Histology -
