[Histonet] [EXTERNAL Sender] histologists assisting with transplants

[Rena Fail]

when I worked, I did a lot of histology on both native and donor livers.  I
would not have used the term assisting with a liver transplant but on rare
occasions, I had requests for a rapid Oil red O for fat on the donor  liver
In order for the pathologist to better determine the percentage of fat in
the donor liver. Too much fat and it might not be considered for a
transplant.
Maybe it is just a matter of terminology. After all the pathologist and
surgeon called her in at 3am and may have thanked her for her assistance.
In 30 years I may have done 3 rapid ORO's on donor livers

Rena Fail
retired


On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:44 AM Hannen, Valerie via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

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> The only way that I have been involved with anything to do with any kind
> of transplant was to do a FS on the donor tissue, to ensure that it was a
> good transplantable organ.
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> Valerie Hannen,MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU (FL)
> Section Chief, Histology
> Parrish Medical Center
> 951 N. Washington Ave.
> Titusville,Florida 32796
> T: (321)268-6333 ext. 7506
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> Good morning histoland!
> Just curious, this is definitely a 1st for me.  Received a call this
> morning from my histotech who is on call this week that she was called in
> at 3:30 AM to assist one our pathologists with a liver transplant.  In all
> my years working in this field, histologists have never had anything to do
> with transplants.  Have any of you out there had anything to do with
> transplants?
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> Akemi Allison, BS, HTL
> Histology Supervisor
> UMC El Paso, TX
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