When these guidelines were originally published, we moved some per diem hours
from a Monday to a Sunday. This has assured minimum as well as maximum fixation
times.
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We have a med tech take the tissue off the processor for us. It waits very
patiently till we get in on Monday to embed it! j
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
678-843-7376 - Phone
678-843-7831 - Fax
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Remember that you can validate your testing for longer fixation. Run parallel
ER/PR/Her2 testing with tissue fixed for various lengths of times and look at
the staining correlation between groups. Most likely your longer fixation won't
be a problem. If you do see a drop off with longer times
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Subject: [Histonet] RE: Breast IHC testing
Remember that you can validate your testing for longer
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Subject: [Histonet] RE: Breast IHC testing
Remember that you can validate your testing for longer fixation. Run parallel
ER/PR/Her2 testing with tissue fixed for various lengths of times and look at
the staining correlation between groups. Most likely your
Thank you all for your advice and comments. I know this has been discussed
before but when I need quick answers I know that I can count on fellow
Histonetters for help:)
Have a great weekend.
Gale
Gale Limron CT,HT (ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
Union Hospital
659 Boulevard
Dover, Ohio 44622
