[Histonet] Waterbath cleanliness

[Susan Paturzo]

We do clean between every block.  As 4 adding water during cutting 
We clean once that water has reached temp.  Sometimes there is paraffin debris on the edge of bath due to tagging ribbon.  If we cut a cyst or fatty tissue we will completely change the water

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> On May 24, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Garrey Faller <garreyf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am looking for a histotech procedure for keeping the water bath clean and
> for preventing cross contamination of patient specimens. I know one should
> use a kim wipe (or something similar) to clean the water surface of any
> ribbon debris between cases. However, should the top edge of the water bath
> be clean of all debris between every case?  Sometimes I see a mound-like
> build up of paraffin ribbon debris, and I am told that this is a normal
> practice while others say that it is not.
> I'd like to modify my policy to say that there should be no debris on the
> water surface or on the hard top edge of the water bath in between cases.
> Is this out of line? Is this what everyone practices?
> 
> Also, with the exception of rush type cases and perhaps large specimens,
> does everyone embed in numerical order and then cut in numerical order?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Garrey  Faller
> Pathologist
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