Hi,

In our department we do not do frozens on known TB cases. If the surgeon and 
pathologists insists that it is extremely important then we garb up and put 
a mask on to protect us. We then shut down the cryostat and decontaminate.

Tammy Freeman
QEIIHealth Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia

>From: becky riesen 
>To: HistoNet Server 
>Subject: TB and frozens
>Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:08:54 -0400
>
>I would like input concerning safety protocols that are in place
>around the Histonet on the issue of TB and performing frozen sections.
>We are in the process of writing up a protocol for this and my
>pathologists would like to know what the rest of the world is doing.
>Thanks-a-bunch!
>
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