[Histonet] lost tissue

[Brandi Higgins]

Hi Christine,

We recently had a cassette that when we picked it up to embed we could see
that it was open.  There was nothing in the cassette, we later found the
specimen in the retort of the processing machine.  When I tried to close the
lid of that cassette (microbiopsy cassette, and we also use Surgipath) the
lid was particularly difficult to close.  Probably the grosser pressed and
thought it had shut, but it had not closed propoerly and it opened
more during the agitation or the solutions being pumped in or out and the
tissue floated out.  But, as I mentioned, the cassette was open when we
picked it up.  If the cassette is closed when you pick it up to embed, I
don't think it would have opened and shut itself properly again.

Brandi Higgins

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Mike Pence <mpence <@t> grhs.net> wrote:

> Are you sure the cassette is opening during processing?   I have seen
> many time when small specimens are loose in the cassette the specimen
> flips up when the lid is opened and it then falls somewhere else.  I
> have had this happen to me and my techs more than once.
>
> Mike
>
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> Christine I
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:53 AM
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> Subject: [Histonet] lost tissue
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Has anyone had a problem with cassettes opening during processing?
>
> Sometimes the cassettes are slightly opened at the top or bottom. We
>
> rarely lose a specimen and it's frustrating to cause the patient to be
>
> biopsied again with no explanation what happened to it. We use Surgipath
>
> micro cassettes and a Peloris processor and just in the past three or
>
> four months we have lost 2 specimens somewhere between  grossing and
>
> embedding. The specimens are tiny skin biopsies and have no paper or
>
> biopsy pads in the cassette with them. They are not small enough to fit
>
> through the cassette "holes".  If anyone has any ideas what might be
>
> happening I would appreciate a response. I have been embedding for 8
>
> years and it's just been in the recent past that this has happened.
>
> Thanks, Christine
>
>
>
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