Ditto for Levels and Recuts.  We usually reserve "deeper" to see something in particular - such as a bit of missed epidermis, margins etc.

Aidan


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aidan schurr  b.m.l.sc
section head, histology
hutt valley district health board
lower hutt
new zealand

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>>> Melissa Jensen  29/07/2002 >>>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurice Furlong" 
To: "Patho-L, List" 
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 7:29 AM
Subject: PATHO-L Recuts, Levels, Deepers


> Would anyone like to volunteer their definition of these terms?  Here
> are mine:
> 
> "Recut" - cut additional section right off the top, don't trim.
> 
> "Level" - cut a ribbon of 10 - 12 recuts, discard it, take the next
> section.
> 
> "Deeper" - trim about 0.25 - 0.5 mm off the block "manually," then
> recut.
> 
> Opinions from Histotechs would also be interesting, if anyone would like
> to cross-post this to their mailing list (I'm not on it). 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /mbf
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