[Histonet] AFB Control Question

[Mayer,Toysha N]

Pam,
I worked with our microbiology department and had them to obtain some positive organisms and with our surgery and morgue for fresh tissue.  We then inoculate the tissue and process it.  Positive blocks are kept on hand and used.  We also pass a copy of the slides back to the microbiology department to keep on file as a good batch.  It seems to work for us in the educational setting.  We have done afb, gms, and gram.  Our next batch will include Cryptococcus, and h. pylori.
Hope that helps!

Sincerely,

Toysha N. Mayer, D.H.Sc., MBA, HT (ASCP)
Instructor/Education Coordinator
Program in Histotechnology
School of Health Professions
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
713.563-3481
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:53:07 +0000
From: "Marcum, Pamela A" <PAMarcum at uams.edu>
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Subject: [Histonet] AFB Control Question
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Good morning,

We are attempting to find AFB controls from human sources.  We would trade if we have something you need and we have available.  Does anyone have blocks they might share or trade without upsetting our HIPPA people on either side.  I am really not interested in buying slides as we cut larger blocks down and have controls on with the patient tissue.  Also the control slides are general in the middle of the slide and force to use two slides for every test (too many ordering and all want a control) which makes the cost prohibitive.  Our pathologists prefer human tissue and most of the companies I talk to either don't know or won't say it is animal origin or human.


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