[Histonet] Biopsy processing schedule

[Fred Underwood]

Have one of the stations on the processor filled with tap water to rinse the tissue prior to going into the zinc formalin.  Change this station daily.  I have done this in the past and it worked well.

Fred

>>> "Lorraine Cornett" <cornettl <@t> hotmail.com> 04/19/04 01:48PM >>>
Could someone please share with me your processing protocol for your biopsy 
specimens.

We have been using Zinc Formalin on our processors, we were noticing a lot 
of "crunchy" colon polyps, etc.  We tried going back to 10% NBF, but the 
Dr.'s prefer the nuclear detail that Zinc Formalin provides, especially when 
the 10% NBF did not make a noticeable difference in the "crunchiness".

Does anyone have an idea to use 10% NBF and Zinc Formalin on the processor, 
knowing that somehow the cassettes will need to be rinsed before the Zinc 
Formalin?

All ideas and thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,
Lorraine Cornett, HT (ASCP)
Blue Ridge Pathology
Kingsport,TN  37660
423 224-6767 fax 423 224-5349

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