[Histonet] Gram & AFB staining FNA smears

[Rene J Buesa]

The "doc" is wrong, otherwise your histology sections to be stained with Gram & AFB should also be sent to micro. Perhaps you will not have to do them anymore. Your "doc's" reasoning is purely oxymoronic.
René J.

--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Angela Bitting <akbitting <@t> geisinger.edu> wrote:

From: Angela Bitting <akbitting <@t> geisinger.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] Gram & AFB staining FNA smears
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 9:22 AM

The subject of staining FNA smears with AFB and Gram stains in Histology vs in
Micro came up today. Is there a reason that FNAs can't be stained the same
way we stain our tissue sections? One of our docs was under the impression that
it's not acceptable to use the staining methods we use in our Histology lab.
I don't know what method Micro labs use, so I was hoping someone could shed
some light on this subject for me.

Thanks, as always,
Angie

Angela Bitting, HT(ASCP)
Technical Specialist, Histology
Geisinger Medical Center 
100 N Academy Ave. MC 23-00
Danville, PA 17822
phone  570-214-9634
fax  570-271-5916 
 
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