[Histonet] Processing Protocols

[Terri Braud]

We have encountered a similar problem with one of our two processors is down.  Shortening the longer schedule produced underprocessed fatty tissues and over processed biopsies, so we run the biopsies on the short schedule overnight, run a quick clean cycle, then the larger tissues on the 10hr schedule on the same instrument, pull the them off and leave them in the embedding unit to embed in the afternoon, or next morning.  It does put the larger tissue a day behind, but does not sacrifice the quality of the processing.  It you shorten your large tissue processing run so that you can run small biopsies with the bigger stuff, you will have to revalidate your IHC, so maybe this might be a better alternative.  Good luck, Terri

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for 
Holy Redeemer Hospital
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:34:11 +0000
From: "Piche, Jessica" <Jessica.Piche at wtbyhosp.org>
Subject: [Histonet] Processing protocols

Good Morning Everyone,
Our pathologist wants us to shorten our large tissue processing run so that we can run small biopsies with the bigger stuff when one of our tissue processors are down. We have 2 Excelsiors. Would anyone like to share any protocols they might have for this purpose?
Thank you!
Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP}
Waterbury Hospital Histology Lab