[Histonet] RE: TAT for Transplant Biopsies

[Houston, Ronald]

Richard,



being a peds hospital, we are somewhat similar to Tony in Australia. If the clinician needs the results that day, that's what he gets (they don't abuse this either!). If on a Friday (or preceding a holiday), and they do not need the result that same day, we will process overnight and someone will come in and cut and stain the bx the following day.



To date, we have not had to come in on a Sunday, but someone is on-call for this (and other emergencies).



We do not use microwaves, but have great success using the Leica Peloris on a 1 hour cycle, after a minimum of 30 minutes fixation.



We will not rush the special stains or IHC (C3d and C4d), but our regular cut-off time for those are 3:00pm for same day TAT and 4:30 for overnight IHC

Ronnie




Ronnie Houston, MS HT(ASCP)QIHC
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Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 7:47 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] TAT for Transplant Biopsies



For those of you seeing biopsies of transplant kidney, liver, and heart, what is your cut-off time for accepting a specimen for same-day processing?  Do any of you handle specimens at night, weekends, or holidays?  Thank you!







Richard







Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD



Director, Histology & Immunopathology



Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs



Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology



Hartford Hospital



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Hartford, CT  06102



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