RE: bone marrow aspirates

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From:"Tom T. McNemar" <TMcNemar@lmhealth.org> (by way of histonet)
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I have used a few of them.  They were nice but the price I was quoted made
the bags much cheaper.  I found that embedding from the bags was also much
easier.  They tear open easily and the bag can be scrapped.

Tom Mc Nemar
Pathology Supervisor
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark, Ohio

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Holland, Wayne [SMTP:hollandwt@msx.upmc.edu]
> Sent:	Friday, April 28, 2000 12:59 PM
> To:	'Tom T. McNemar'; a i d a n   s c h u r r;
> histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	RE: bone marrow aspirates
>
> Did you ever use the Histoscreen cassettes with the mesh built in them?
> That way you eliminate the wrapping and unwrapping and the extra cost.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Tom T. McNemar [SMTP:TMcNemar@lmhealth.org]
> > Sent:	Friday, April 28, 2000 7:17 AM
> > To:	a i d a n   s c h u r r; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject:	RE: bone marrow aspirates
> >
> > We use Shandon tissue biopsy bags for all specimens of that sort.  They
> > are
> > easy to fill... pour the specimen through a funnel and into the bag.
> Easy
> > to embed too... just pull the bag apart.
> >
> > Tom Mc Nemar
> > Pathology Supervisor
> > Licking Memorial Hospital
> > Newark, Ohio
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	a i d a n   s c h u r r [SMTP:Aidan.Schurr@hvh.co.nz]
> > > Sent:	Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:33 PM
> > > To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > > Subject:	bone marrow aspirates
> > >
> > > Hello out there in Histoland!
> > >
> > > Interested to know what we all are using to wrap/contain bone
> > > marrow aspirates during processing.  Here in my lab we are
> > > currently using cigarette papers, but these are a pain to unwrap
> > > once soaked in wax.  I'm looking at trialing our small biopsy cages
> > > that we use for some histo's, but am concerned about the aspirate
> > > being too cellular, and flowing through the mesh.  Any
> > > suggestions/comments would be welcome.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Aidan
> > >
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