We process all material received overnight for microtomy the next day. For
those large type specimens that require further fixing additional material
may be selected the next day.
Mike Rentsch (Downunder)
-----Original Message-----
From: Yvan Lindekens <yvan.lindekens@skynet.be>
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Monday, 12 October 1998 11:56
Subject: processing time


>Just wondering:
>
>What is the average processing time in your labs for specimens
>(animal/human tissue) 2-3mm thick, fixation in NBF or formalin, from
>reception of the unfixed specimen to the beginning of cutting? (please
>state: "processing by hand" or "automated processing")...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Yvan Lindekens.
>
>