[Histonet] Labeling formats
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From: Stephen G. Ruby [mailto:sr...@4path.com]
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] Labeling formats
Does anyone have a pre-publication release of t
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Additionally, we are all moving to a di
Dr Ruby,
All places I've worked at use similar as well. Also you need
a second patient identifier as blocks and slides are considered an aliquot from
the original specimen. Such as last name, date of birth etc
And it doesn't have to be S, it can be any prefix meaningful to your
Additionally, we are all moving to a digital world of accessioning and
labeling. The days of leaving out the "A" or "1" to indicate that
there is only one part or one cassette need to become a process of the
past. LIS as sighed labeling can not accommodate this format.
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This is a format that I would recommend. To expand on that, using an
"alpha" character for the part and " numeric for the cassettes makes
better sense because there are few cases that have more than 26 parts
(causing AA, AB, AC labeling rare), but there are many parts that have more
than 26 casset
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From: Stephen G. Ruby via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 10:10 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Labeling formats
I am
I am curious on what formats that labs use for labeling.
We use prefix-year-accession number-part(alpha)-block number(numeric)
Example. S15-12345-A1
If you use a different format can you share it here?
Thanks.
Dr Ruby
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