[Histonet] Stanford Histo Supervisor

[Joanne Mauger]

I have found that either way works fine, as long as your forceps are hot.
We put tint biopsies on sponges, and they heat up on the embedding center so tint tissues is pretty easy to see!

>>> "Bartlett, Jeanine" <jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov> 01/21/04 10:12AM >>>
I, too, put molten paraffin in the transfer tray with the cassettes as
they come off the processor.  However, we just got a brand new embedding
center and I was told by the rep. that I am in the minority.  Most
people it would seem just put them in the heated tray with no paraffin.
The temperature keeps them warm enough to embed, or so I am told.

Jeanine Bartlett, HT(ASCP)
Centers for Disease Control
Infectious Disease Pathology Activity
1600 Clifton Road, MS/G-32
Atlanta, GA 30333


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I have always embedded from hot melted paraffin, (and I am older than 
dirt).
Would have no idea how it would work otherwise. If I cannot get to 
blocks in
a reasonable amount of time, I set them out of the heat and remelt 
before
embedding. j

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Good Morning:
I wonder if you would mind responding to my question about using melted 
paraffin...o not... in the embedding centre while embedding blocks?  I
worked at 
Stanford in 1998 while Pam was still supervisor, so I feel an 
attachment.
Two of 
my pathologists trained there and we would like to know your present 
policy 
on this matter.  If you have a minute, will you let me know?  Thanks so
much. If Marty is still there, will you say hello for me, as well as the
other 

techs?

Dannie Blake HT(ASCP)  Histology Lead Tech
Fresno Community Hospital

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