[Histonet] saving slides between levels for IHC?

[Patrick Laurie]

We tend to take extras between levels especially on scant or needle biopsy
tissue.  We do waste several thousand slides per year, but by doing this it
allows us to give the pathologist several representative sections and also
save tissue for future IHC and special stains.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Angela Bitting <akbitting <@t> geisinger.edu>wrote:

> we do for certain part types. sentinel lymph nodes for melanoma, renal bxs,
> liver core bxs, prostate needle core bxs.
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> >>> "Harrison, Sandra C." <Sandra.Harrison3 <@t> va.gov> 10/25/2011 1:59 PM >>>
>  Does anyone know if it is standard  to save sections from between the
> levels for IP?  Is it standard at your institution?
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> Sandy C. Harrison, HTL (ASCP)
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> Histology Supervisor
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> Minneapolis VA
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> 612-467-2449
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Patrick Laurie HT(ASCP)QIHC
CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories
1124 Columbia Street, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
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