Our histology supervisor, Andrea O'Brien, asked me to post the reference for our prostate biopsy inking technique. Andrea did a lot of the development work and is one of the co-authors. The reference is:
Raff LJ, et al: The Effectiveness of Inking Needle Core Prostate Biopsies for Preventing Patient Specimen Identification Errors: A Technique to Address Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals in specialty Laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009;133:295-297 We have made some minor changes since original publication, please feel free to email for additional information. Lester J. Raff, MD MBA UroPartners Medical Director Of Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel: 708-486-0076 Fax: 708-492-0203 lr...@uropartners.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet