[Histonet] Are gloves required when cutting FFPE blocks?

[paula at excaliburpathology.com]

You should have licked the block in front of them like one supervisor did when questioned about wearing gloves while sectioning!
      From: "goodwin, diana via Histonet" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
 To: 'Rene J Buesa' <rjbuesa at yahoo.com>; "'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> 
 Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 9:08 AM
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We were cited for this by CAP.  I need a specific reference to rebut or comply.  Nothing specific to routine paraffin microtomy in CAP checklists.

dg

From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbuesa at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 10:04 AM
To: goodwin, diana; 'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Are gloves required when cutting FFPE blocks?

NOT AT ALL, unless you are sectioning a suspected or known Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease case. Check CAP regulations.
René


On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 9:56 AM, "goodwin, diana via Histonet" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>> wrote:

Can anyone provide a reference as to whether or not gloves are required when cutting routine FFPE blocks?

Diana Goodwin
UMCPP
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Office 609-853-6808
Histology 609-853-16860



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