[Histonet] unprocessed tissue and Excelsior AS issue

[Andrew Horvath]

Hello all, 

 

I have two things to address in this email. 

 

First, I am trying to locate tissue that has not been processed so we can
use it for testing of our tissue processors.  Optimally it would be colon
but also esophagus as we are a GI lab.  Does anyone know where I can find
such tissue (in the US preferably)?  

 

Second, we use the Epredia Excelsior AS processor and have run into issues
with the processing of tissue where portions of small biopsy specimens will
have sections that appear to not be processed.  It does not happen on every
specimen but is consistent enough we are trying to find solutions to this
problem.  Hence the non-processed tissue I am trying to locate.

 

Any help is appreciated!

 

 

 

Thanks, 

 

Andrew

 

 

Andrew Horvath, MBA, MA

Business Operations Manager

303-220-4369

 

Centennial Pathologists, PC

7346 South Alton Way, Suite 10-D

Centennial, CO 80112

 

 

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