[Histonet] Staples and Sutures

[Metzger, Kenneth]

Hello All,

Recently we have had a marked increase in staples and sutures in our tissue that arrives for processing. I have tried to relay to our pathologists and PA's the difficulty in cutting sections and the tissue destruction in getting staples and sutures out once the tissue is processed to paraffin. I was told by some of them that in their experience histology should dealing with this issue. Though my own opinion is this is position is not valid, I've been asked to collect opinions from other histology departments if there are protocols that the grossing individual should be removing the foreign object. Please give me any feedback...Thanks

Ken

Kenneth G Metzger HTL(ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
ARUP Labs
Salt Lake City, Utah
Phone: (801)583-2787 ext. 3101
Fax: (801) 584-5244
Email: kenneth.metzger at aruplab.com<mailto:kenneth.metzger at aruplab.com>


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