Holding the tissue until you come in on Monday may present issues for ER/PR/Her2 staining. Not to mention you would have to have control tissues run under the same conditions. For the sake of the patient/specimen, we come in and embed them and go home. Doesn't take that much time and works out best for all concerned.
Douglas A. Porter, HT (ASCP) Grossing Technician IT Coordinator Cancer Registrar CAP-Lab, PLC 2508 South Cedar Street Lansing, MI 48910-3138 517-372-5520 (phone) 517-372-5540 (fax) doug.por...@caplab.org www.caplab.org The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or capture of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by return e-mail and delete this and all copies. Thank-you. -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne, Toni Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:03 PM To: 'Tom McNemar'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] RE: Process and hold? We have actually had someone come in on Sundays just for this reason. An option for you might be to try this, and have that person put in a full day. He/she could then take off Monday. It has worked well for us. We also are able to get IHC cases done over the weekend so they can be given to the pathologist first thing Monday morning. -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Tom McNemar Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:57 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Process and hold? Hello all, I was wondering about processing breast specimens (needle cores) on Fridays. We have asked our radiology department to try to avoid scheduling these breast biopsies on Fridays since we do not work weekends and are concerned about the extended time in formalin. I am thinking that we can run these specimens on a second processor over Friday night and have someone from the clinical lab come up and drain the paraffin. The tissues would then sit in a warm moist retort until Monday morning when they would be embedded and cut. I think the specimens would be fine. Processing would be complete at that point and they would hold in the unopened retort chamber. Our alternative is to have someone come in every Saturday morning just to remove and embed these specimens..... Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP) Histology Co-ordinator Licking Memorial Health Systems (740) 348-4163 (740) 348-4166 tmcne...@lmhealth.org<mailto:tmcne...@lmhealth.org> www.LMHealth.org<file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\TMCNEMAR\Application% 20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.LMHealth.org> ________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity to whom it is addressed, and contains information from Licking Memorial Health Systems which is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, nor authorized to receive for the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this e-mail and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message immediately. You may also contact the LMH Process Improvement Center at 740-348-4641. E-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet