Our Histology Techs also assist with Bone Marrows in CT, though there is little to do. We collect the aspirate in Heparin Tubes and the core in Bouins. We bring it back to the lab and make our smears from one of the heparin tubes. The other tubes go for special studies. I'd like to think our smears are better than many. We pour the aspirate into a weigh boat and use a pipet to pick out the spicules for picture perfect smears. Much better results than the old method of making the smears at bedside.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Laboratory Holy Redeemer Hospital 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 ph: 215-938-3689 fax: 215-938-3874 Care, Comfort, and Heal -----Original Message----- From: histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:00 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 190, Issue 22 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Histo techs assisting on BM Bx's (Webster, Thomas S.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:13:29 +0000 From: "Webster, Thomas S." <twebs...@crh.org> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histo techs assisting on BM Bx's Our histotechs assist bone marrows but it used to be Hematology's responsibility. The bone marrows at my institution aren't very time consuming and are done in CT. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
