Not all of us who read histonet are histotechs! Furthermore not all of us can 
afford the time to read histonet every day and may even miss it for weeks at a 
time so, as in my case, may miss references to abbreviations such as FFPE. I do 
not think the few extra seconds it takes to type out a terms such as this is 
too much to ask.


Quoting HistoNet Server :

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> Date: 27 Nov 2001 02:08:00 -0600
> From: 177louie@chiron.wits.ac.za
> Subject: Re: FFPE
> 
> Formalin fixed parafffin embedded tissue - most histotechs should 
> be aware of this abbreviation as it : 
> a) was discussed a while ago on histonet.
> b) saves time when typing.




A. Thomas Read, PhD
Dept of Ophthalmology
Gage Institute of Research
University of Toronto
223 College St., Rm 308
Toronto, ON  M5T 1R4  Canada

E-mail: tom.read@utoronto.ca