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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Can anyone give me a literature reference that delineates
the reasons and process for embedding non-like specimens sequentially?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We are trying to address our PA&#8217;s
ordering cervical biopsies followed by endocervical curettage biopsies, and
breast masses followed by breast core biopsies, etc<span class=GramE>..</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>The only thing that seems to drive
change is documented literature, not histotechs telling them that this is poor
practice, and potential a legal problem.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>I don&#8217;t need case studies &#8211; <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><u><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>WE </span></u></i>all
know them &#8211; I need hard and fast rules.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Thank you in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Sheila Tapper HT(ASCP)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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