[Histonet] Tissue handling at embedding

[Rene J Buesa]

This is how we do it:
1- the person grossing will dictate how many pieces should go into each cassette
2- the person cassetting will check that information against the vial with the pieces and write down in the cassettes summary form the number of pieces
3- the person embedding checks the pieces in the cassette after processing against the cassettes log.
If any piece is missing between any two steps, it will be looked for. Sometimes is small and is in the vial before cassetting, or small and in the retort.
Any irregularity is documented in the QA log.
René J.

--- On Tue, 9/20/11, Morken, Timothy <Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org> wrote:


From: Morken, Timothy <Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>
Subject: [Histonet] Tissue handling at embedding
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 12:44 PM


What procedures do you have in place to prevent tissue loss at embedding? What do you do if tissue appears to have been lost?

And do you clean embedding molds before each reuse, or after one-days use (which may be many re-uses)?


Thanks for all info!


Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, IPOX
UC San Francisco Medical Center
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