The blue pads shouldn't introduce artifacts if the tissue is properly fixed
before placing the tissue on them.
One service I worked on marked the specimens on the blue pad with a bit of
safranin O solution (the microbiology Gram stain counterstain - don't use
eosin, because it's fluorescent).
Doe
We, too, had the same problem. The GI rooms were cutting telfa pads so they
would fit in the formalin containers, and the pads were falling apart. We
finally asked that they just put the specimens directly into the formalin. That
way we can decide in the gross room, the best way to submit the
Have they tried not using any pads? Our biopsies (GI, Needle Core,
Prostate etc.) are just in the formalin specimen bottle. We don't have
any issues with the "free floating" specimens. I have worked at several
labs and never seen specimens routinely submitted on a gauze or pad.
Just a thought.
-Original Message-
From: Hawkins, Hal K. via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 3:08 PM
To: Linda Margraf; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] specimen submission pads
Way back when I was at Emory, the GI docs used to place their
] specimen submission pads
Hi Histonetters,
We are having trouble in the Gross room, removing small specimens from the
pads/gauze that OR personnel put them on which they then immerse in formalin.
We thought the gauze was challenging to remove tiny specimens from but have
found that the Telfa
: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 12:46 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] specimen submission pads
Hi Histonetters,
We are having trouble in the Gross room, removing small specimens from the
pads/gauze that OR personnel put them on which they then immerse in formalin.
We
Hi Histonetters,
We are having trouble in the Gross room, removing small specimens from the
pads/gauze that OR personnel put them on which they then immerse in formalin.
We thought the gauze was challenging to remove tiny specimens from but have
found that the Telfa pads the OR is now using co
