Histology Educational Series In the previous blog we saw that every histology laboratory has a method for preparing paraffin cell-block specimens, and we reviewed those methods. This review showed that all of these methods display various deficiencies with regard to collecting and preserving the entirety of the patient specimen with optimal retention of all of …
Histology Educational Series Every histology laboratory has a method for preparing paraffin cell-block specimens. Certain cytology specimens, fine needle aspirates (FNAs), tiny tissue fragments, fragmented needle core biopsies and suspensions of cells for both clinical and research evaluation all require a method to get the specimen from the specimen container into a paraffin block for …
In the short time since part 1 of this series “Coronavirus in Histology” was published, the COVID-19 virus has continued its spread around the globe. Currently, the entire country of Italy is on lock down. The BBC reports (1) that the Italian government has implemented emergency measures related to the coronavirus outbreak, which include a …
The current world health care concern over coronavirus (i.e. COVID-19) has generated many questions regarding many aspects of this fast spreading influenza disease. It is important to address the subject of the affect, if any, of this disease on how we work in and operate histopathology laboratories. An important and timely article was published online …