[Histonet] Re: Logging in same type specimens consecutively

[Horn, Hazel V]

Actually this is exactly what we do.   Each biopsy case is put in
colored cassettes and that color is dictated by our resident.  At the
microtome we use the same color slides as the cassette color.   We
rotate the colors with each case all day long during accessioning.  

Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall    Slot 820
Little Rock, AR   72202

phone   501.364.4240
fax        501.364.3155

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Robert
Richmond
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:32 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Logging in same type specimens consecutively

Avoid logging in specimens of the same type (prostate, breast, colon
biopsies for example) consecutively. If it can't be avoided (say you
get four stereotactic breast biopsy specimens at the end of the day)
then go ahead and number them consecutively.

I did some work at a specialty prostate lab a few years ago, and they
took extraordinary care to distinguish their specimens. Ten different
colors of cassettes, ten different colors of slides, and several other
things. Multiple colors of cassettes are easily available at no
additional cost (except the increase in inventory), and they're
greatly underutilized by pathology services.

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN

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