[Histonet] Soaking artifact

[Hans B Snyder]

Hello Deanna,

This sounds like BS to me, maybe just a idiosyncrasy with their
management.  They are probably set in their ways and refuse to change
or believe in another way to do it.  It might be that one person once
had artifact and it caused an uproar for the pathologists who in turn
implemented this rule.  I know, that if some kinds of tissue is soaked
too long, the tissue can bubble up out of the block and be rendered
unusable.  If I were you, I would just go along with their way of
cutting and don't try to change them.  Change is only possible if
someone is open to it.

Best Regards
Hans B Snyder
Histologistics
60 Prescott Street
Worcester, MA 01605
508-308-7800
hans <@t> histologistics.com


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Deanna Leslie <dea.leslie <@t> gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anybody in histoland ever heard of this?  I have been cutting tissue
> for 25 yrs and until recently I had never heard of this!
> I am under contract to a facility and the supervisor there does not want
> anybody to soak their tissue or use ice!  Your are supposed to use the cold
> plate, because as I have stated soaking them causing an artifact. I have
> not disputed this because it is not my place or in my job discription as a
> traveler.  I am not even sure what it is supposed to look like or what type
> of problems it causes.
>
> Thanks for listening!
> Deanna Leslie HT ASCP
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