[Histonet] Pinning Specimen

[Walter Benton]

At previous institutions I purchased rolls or sheets of cork and that allowed us to pin and float samples like neck dissections, segments of colon etc.... I know Fisher sells the sheets and the roll of cork we purchased from an internet retailer. Just do a Google or Amazon search.

Making the paraffin blocks is easy as well. You can take any plastic container and pour off fresh paraffin or use paraffin from a tissue processor when you are disposing of it to make molds.

Hope this helps.

Walter Benton HT(ASCP)QIHC
Histology Supervisor
Chesapeake Urology Associates
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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Victoria Baker [bakevictoria <@t> gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:16 AM
To: Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Pinning Specimen

Hi Karen -

Are yoru eferring to the boards that have the detachable mats?  I know they
still make them and the last one I heard of was through MOPEC.

I'm probably aging myself here, but we also used to make paraffin blocks
for large specimens and pin them flat for overnight fixation - it wasn't
pretty but it worked.

Hope this helps some.

Vikki

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF <
Karen.Heckford <@t> dignityhealth.org> wrote:

> Does anyone know where to get specimen boards that you can pin specimens
> to and then submerse in formalin?  I ordered them a long time ago and
> cannot remember where I got them.
>
> Thanks,
> Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
> Lead Histology Technician
> St. Mary's Medical Center
> 450 Stanyan St.
> San Francisco, Ca. 94117
> 415-668-1000 ext. 6167
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