Processing of Heart Biopsies
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From: | "Nocito, Joseph" <joseph_nocito@srhc.iwhs.org> |
To: | "'Histonet'" <histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu> |
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Date: | Fri, 28 May 1999 09:58:57 -0500 |
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Good Friday morning Histonetters,
I have been officially informed by my chief pathologist that the hospital
will begin a transplant service. This includes kidney, liver, heart, and
heart-lung transplants. I have experience with kidney and liver
transplants, but heart is a new avenue. My experience with liver and kidney
is that patients usually reject at night or over the weekends. I can assume
heart patients will do the same thing. Does anyone have a good, rapid
procedure for processing heart biopsies? I know I wouldn't want to wait
until Monday if I was rejecting a heart. Anything would be helpful. I really
don't want to play around with processing on a patient specimen. Autopsies
are far and few between. The transplant unit is supposed to gear up
Tuesday, June 1. No rush though. Have a good and safe Memorial Day weekend
( for you U.S. people).
Joe Nocito, B.S., HT(ASCP)QIHC
Histology Supervisor
Christus Santa Rosa Hospitals
San Antonio, Texas
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