[Histonet] RE: Tissue Tek VIP 5 cleaning cycle

[Clements, Mary Ann]

YIKES!!

Mary Ann Clements, B.S.
Biorepository Manager
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center
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Norfolk, VA  23507

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From: Grantham, Andrea L - (algranth) [mailto:algranth <@t> email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 12:23 PM
To: <Susan.Walzer <@t> HCAHealthcare.com>
Cc: Clements, Mary Ann; <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: Tissue Tek VIP 5 cleaning cycle

Just a coincidence - I was working in another lab this week and when I was cleaning out the processor (not a VIP) after a cleaning cycle I was picking out chunks of paraffin. I asked the tech (not a histotech) when the last time was that the cleaning reagents were changed and she said, "December". OMG! I did my best to hold back any comments but I changed out the xylene and alcohol as soon as I could. Then I said I thought the reagents need to be changed more often.



Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP)
Senior Research Specialist
University of Arizona
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Histology Service Laboratory
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Tucson, AZ 85724

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