Re: [Histonet] Formalin fixation for COVID-19 positive tissues .....

2020-04-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
for COVID-19 positive tissues . How long are you fixing surgical tissue specimens from COVID-19 positive patient's before tissue processing? I know that the CDC is recommending "72" hours for autopsy tissues, but, to me, that seems excessive for surgical pathology specimens. Any i

Re: [Histonet] Formalin fixation for COVID-19 positive tissues .....

2020-04-20 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN) via Histonet
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Formalin fixation for COVID-19 positive tissues . How long are you fixing surgical tissue specimens from COVID-19 positive patient's before tissue processing? I know that the CDC is recommending "72" hours for autopsy tissues, but, to me,

[Histonet] Formalin fixation for COVID-19 positive tissues .....

2020-04-20 Thread Cartun, Richard via Histonet
How long are you fixing surgical tissue specimens from COVID-19 positive patient's before tissue processing? I know that the CDC is recommending "72" hours for autopsy tissues, but, to me, that seems excessive for surgical pathology specimens. Any information that you can share on this