[Histonet] RE: biopsy "bags" for processing - alternatives

[Pam Marcum]

If we grossed them we could control this.  However; we are physically a quarter mile ftom the Gross Room so we get what we get and have learned to live with it.  I have used lens paper in the past and it is not used here.  I also had more say in how the biopsies were handled and by whom than I have here so I just look for better ways that we might get approved.  

Pam 

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From: "Sally" <nmhisto <@t> comcast.net> 
To: "Tom McNemar" <TMcNemar <@t> lmhealth.org>, "Timothy' 'Morken" <Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>, "Histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> 
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: biopsy "bags" for processing - alternatives 

I always used lens paper. Wrap paper over tissue at an oblique angle so the forceps can grab  a corner of the thin paper and peel away without losing tissue - whether hot or cold paraffin. Never lost a tissue... 

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Sent: ‎8/‎13/‎2014 9:59 AM 
To: "'Morken, Timothy'" <Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>; "Histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> 
Subject: [Histonet] RE: biopsy "bags" for processing - alternatives 

Personally, I prefer the biopsy bags and find them easy to work with.  I generally hold the bag in one hand (allows the paraffin to cool enough to hold the tissue) and use forceps to slowly open it.  If it is an ECC or something similar, I can wrap the opened bag around a couple of fingers and use a small spatula to scrap.  With a little practice, I have found it to be quick and efficient. 

Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP) 
Histology Supervisor 
Licking Memorial Health Systems 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:24 AM 
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Subject: [Histonet] biopsy "bags" for processing - alternatives 

All knowing Histonet, 

Our grossing staff uses nylon "biopsy bags" to enclose some biopsy specimens. The embedding staff find them troublesome because when they pull the bags open they tend to "pop" open and throw the tissue off in all directions. They have to be very careful opening these. Is there another bag made of some other material that is less prone to this problem? 

For various reasons some of these samples can't be put on sponges. They do wrap some in flat biopsy paper, but not others. It seems to be a grossing personal preference more than anything else. 

Thanks for any and all info! 

Tim Morken 
Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies 
UC San Francisco Medical Center 
Box 1656 
505 Parnassus Ave 
San Francisco, CA 94143 
USA 

415.514-6042  (office) 
tim.morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org<mailto:tim.morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org> 


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