[Histonet] Friday Trivia Question: Most specimen on a single case

[Cartun, Richard]

The answer to this question will depend on what type of environment you work in.  I work at a large tertiary care hospital with a major emphasis on cancer surgery and, as a result, we frequently get major cancer resections (with multiple parts) that generate well over 100 paraffin blocks per case.  Also, please note that many current protocols for these types of specimen now dictate for an increased number of paraffin blocks to be submitted.

Richard
Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD
Director, Histology & Immunopathology
Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs
Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology
Hartford Hospital
80 Seymour Street
Hartford, CT  06102
(860) 972-1596
(860) 545-2204 Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Mihalik [mailto:mike at pathview.com]
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 12:41 PM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Friday Trivia Question: Most specimen on a single case

Please excuse the trivia query, but we've got a client who somewhat regularly creates cases with 100+ specimen.  I think the most I have ever seen is 127.

I'm curious how common this is.  What's the most specimen on a single case you've ever seen?

Thanks for your patience and experience.

Michael Mihalik
PathView Systems | cell: 214.733.7688 | 800.798.3540 | fax: 952.241.7369



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