[Histonet] RE: Breast Fixation with fixatives other than Formalin

[McMahon, Loralee A]

Are you prepping the breast tissue upon receipt?  We bread loaf our larger peices and place into formalin in large containers to fix overnight.  
Rarely do we have a reprocess a block.  Mostly we find that the reprocessing comes from the peices of tissue that are being put into the cassettes are too large.  Then the do no process well.  

Loralee McMahon, HTL (ASCP)
Immunohistochemistry Supervisor
Strong Memorial Hospital
Department of Surgical Pathology
(585) 275-7210
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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Fields [Carol.Fields <@t> Northside.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:47 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Breast Fixation with fixatives other than Formalin

Hi Netters,
Could you please let me know who all is using breast fixatives other
than 10% formalin and what do you do about CAP requirements?  I would
also like to get in touch with Dr. Richard Cartun because I think he has
done studies on this for Her2. Our docs will not let us use anything
other than formalin because of CAP regs and the result is a lot of raw
breast tissue.  This is even holding the tissue for a couple days.
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Carole

Carole Fields, HT (ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
Northside Hospital
Atlanta, GA 30342
carol.fields <@t> northside.com




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