[Histonet] batching controls

[Katelin Lester]

We do the same. Control tissue on every slide.

Katelin Lester, HTL(ASCP)
MedSurg Pathology Associates, Inc.
(503)443-2157

> We run an appropriate positive control on every patient test slide to test
> that the antibody and all components used on that slide worked.  This may
> be overkill but it helps us ensure that each slide worked properly not
> just the run.
>
> Joe
> joseph-galbraith <@t> uiowa.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne,
> Toni
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>
> How does this work if you need to send the case out for a  consult and the
> control is on another patient's slide?
>
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> Colbert
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>
> We batch our controls.  We still try to put the control tissue on a
> patient slide, and then we reference that case that has the control on
> the other cases that don't have a control.
>
> Laurie Colbert
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Taylor,
> Jean
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> Subject: [Histonet] batching controls
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'd like to know how many labs batch their controls when the same
> antibody is ordered on multiple cases. Do you run the control on a
> separate slide, or with one of the cases ordered?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jean Taylor, HT(ASCP)QIHC
> IHC Tech
> Meriter Health Services
> Madison, WI
>
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