We have been doing these cases for over a year now.  During the first year,
the specimens were sent from surgery to nuclear medicine and held for 60
hours before being sent to Histology. Nuclear Medicine monitored all year
and then it was decided by our physicist and the medical staff that it was
safe for the specimens to come directly to Histology.

Charlotte Kopczynski
Supervisor Pathology/Histology
Morton Plant Hospital
Clearwater, Florida 34683


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Decarli, Terri [SMTP:TerDec@northarundel.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 22, 1999 5:04 PM
> To:	'Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Cc:	Decarli, Terri
> Subject:	Handling Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsies
>
> We are in the research stage of performing these isotope injected
> specimens
> along with the blue dye.  I would like to know how you are handling these
> specimens, are any personnel being monitored for the so-called low dosage
> of
> radiation,  how long from time of surgery to grossing in Pathology. Any
> information you can give me will be helpful.  Thank you
>
> My E mail address is:
>
> TerDec@North <mailto:TerDec@North> Arundel.org