[Histonet] Derm Tissue for Immunofluorescence

[Gauch, Vicki]

Hi everyone,
We are currently looking at our length of retention for Derm cases for Immunofluorescence and we are wondering ...
What is your process for retention of the frozen skin tissue?  How long do you retain it? At the end of that time, do you process it into paraffin or discard it ?

We are just trying to get a feel for how other labs are handling these tissues.

Thanks so much,
Vicki Gauch
AMCH
Dept. of Pathology
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