I've seen labs do this so they can see the tissue while embedding.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Rene J Buesa wrote:
> I would like to know also, please! Needle biopsies do not require inking,
> UNLESS you want to know the original site (R, L, etc) BUT usually the come
> all together, so........?
> René J.
>
> Mike Pence wrote:
> Why are you putting marking inks on prostate bx's. I just have to ask!
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Dorothy L
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:36 PM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Marking inks
>
>
> Has anyone ever experienced any of the colors or brands of marking inks
> drying out the needle biopsies? We are experiencing prostate needle
> bx's that, at times, are dryer than other processing times and a tech
> questioned me if possibly the marking ink could be contributing to this
> problem. Any thoughts, please!!
>
> Dorothy Webb, HT (ASCP)
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