[Histonet] cloudy formalin in vip processor

[Christine I. Braaten]

Dennis,

We do a warm water flush every Tuesday. We generally have between 40 and
120 blocks a day. Most of our specimens are GI biopsies but we do have
things like uterus, breast tissue, tonsils, things like that. Knock on
wood we have not had a blockage in the 9 years we have been using our
processor. Our biggest problem is the pathologists dissatisfaction with
how our GI biopsies look (dry, cracked). That could be because we run
them on the overnight schedule with our big surgical specimens. I
mentioned washing the specimens to one pathologist and she's not really
up for doing that. So, we'll keep trying and see what happens. Have a
great weekend. 


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