RE: Tissue processing - small biopsies

From:

"ryandes@esatclear.ie" <ryandes@esatclear.ie>

Dear Terry,
With the Pathologists I work with (and it goes for most labs) if
the pathologists have a problem we have a problem, troubleshoot and sort it
out as a team. You will get sponge artifact if the tissue is fresh and it
gets squashed into the holes in the sponge. Not a problem if the tissue is
fixed first.
Annette Ryan
Medical Lab Technician
Histology Department
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Drogheda
Co Louth
Ireland
At 03:48 PM 8/1/01 +0100, Terry.Marshall@rgh-tr.trent.nhs.uk wrote:
>Let's get this straight David. You get no problems with foam artefact you
>say.
>Do the pathologists? (You have not denied getting it, just having problems
>with it).
>
>Terry L Marshall
>Histopathologist
>Rotherham General Hospital, Yorkshire
>
>I'm with Amos, agar/ gel is a pain. We use black foam biopsy pads and
>train staff to embed properly. We have no problems with so called
>crushing or foam artifact. David.
>
>David Taylor
>Laboratory Mana