[Histonet] No patient ID: Ink dissolved from Cassettes duringprocessing.

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Thank you all for excellent input and sharing your experience. Hope this doesn't happen again!
- Kiranjit
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Margaret Blount" <mab70 <@t> medschl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 08:52:59 
To: Kiranjit Grewal<kiran_g <@t> sbcglobal.net>; <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] No patient ID: Ink dissolved from Cassettes duringprocessing.

Pencil does not dissolve in processing reagents and is safe. I have also found the marker pens from Surgipath to be the best of those I have tried, but with the proviso that the labels should be left to dry for a couple of hours before being immersed in ethanol. I routinely use one of these pens for labelling my slides. The old fashioned way was to put a labelled slip of card or paper into the cassette with the tissue. I don't know how this would fit in with US regulations...
Margaret

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kiranjit Grewal
Sent: 29 April 2011 22:44
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] No patient ID: Ink dissolved from Cassettes duringprocessing.

Hi All,
 
What is the standard practice out in histology world if hand written cassette id washed away during processing?
 
Please share if you had any experience and how did you resolve this and what is your current practice.
 
 
Thank you so much!
 
-Kiranjit
 
 
 
 
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