When I was a resident at Johns Hopkins in the 1960s, we had a Faxitron
cabinet X-ray unit, used mostly for breast specimens, but very useful for
searching for metal densities in surgical specimens. It used Polaroid
negative film. A digital radiographic unit is available nowadays - see
http://www.f
Kenneth G Metzger HTL(ASCP), Histology Supervisor, ARUP Labs, Salt Lake
City, Utah asks:
>>Recently we have had a marked increase in staples and sutures in our
tissue that arrives for processing. I have tried to relay to our
pathologists and PA's the difficulty in cutting sections and the tissue
d
ediately.
-Original Message-
From: Metzger, Kenneth [mailto:kenneth.metz...@aruplab.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:11 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Staples and Sutures
Hello All,
Recently we have had a marked increase in staples and sutures in our
Ken, the individual grossing should remove all the staples and sutures they
can. If nothing else, it’s just good manners. Michael.
> Hello All,
>
> Recently we have had a marked increase in staples and sutures in our tissue
> that arrives for processing. I have tried to relay to our pathologi
Hello All,
Recently we have had a marked increase in staples and sutures in our tissue
that arrives for processing. I have tried to relay to our pathologists and PA's
the difficulty in cutting sections and the tissue destruction in getting
staples and sutures out once the tissue is processed to
