[Histonet] Preventing slide labeling mistakes

[Morken, Tim]

Hi, Can people share their procedures for preventing manual slide labeling mistakes? No need to include barcoding - we are exploring that but it is a ways off.

We currently have a manual process:
We prohibit pre-labeling slides in batches (many blocks/slides at one time), require labeling slides (hand-written) only at the time of cutting a single block, and matching paper label to the slide after staining. We don't currently match blocks to slides.

Thanks for any info!

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology / IPOX
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA