[Histonet] Re: grossing tools

[Bob Richmond]

Jeanine H. Bartlett at the CDC notes:

>>Sakura sells these. The grossing boards are items: 4800, 4801 and 4802. The grossing forks are 4803, 4804 and 4807. Ask your rep for a demo.
http://sakura.ifuture.com/sakura.asp?ifut=1000336642970309899%2CTKWK%3E6%3D%3A5ST0

The prices of these tools are outrageous. The online catalog gives me
no clue as to how they work.

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Maryville TN
************************************************
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Bob Richmond <rsrichmond <@t> gmail.com> wrote:
> Bruce Gapinsk HT (ASCP), Chief Histologist, Marin Medical
> Laboratories, PathGroup SF asks:
>
>>>Histonians, I'm sure we are not the only histology lab that deals with thick grossed specimens. Has anyone tried the new gross tools by Sakura? Or anything else that can cut ONE nickel thick. Tired of reprocessing.<<
>
> This grumpy old (74) pathologist would be happy to try them out,
> though I can cut freehand and almost never have a block reprocessed,
> but the skill eludes a lot of the young folks. Do you have a Web link
> for these tools?
>
> The problem would be getting a lab manager to spring for them. The
> Laboratory Manager's Handy-Dandy Guide to Making Life Hard for the
> Pathologist (I'm sure  there is such a book, though I haven't actually
> seen one) specifies that grossing is a ritual requiring only a basic
> set of tools.
>
> One lab expected me to gross with an athame and chalice. I tried to
> explain to them that OSHA and the CAP would not permit me to gross
> skyclad.
>
> (You guys know I NEVER exaggerate.)
>
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Maryville TN