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The Grossing Manual
GOLD/ORANGE CAPS
- Stat processing
- Priority level: 1
YELLOW CAPS
- IHC/Special Stains
- Renal, liver, etc.
- Priority level: 2
PINK CAPS
- Steps: GI, cervix, endometrial biopsies
- Priority: 2
* Bone marrow biopsies go in aqua color cassettes
TAN CAPS
- Special Embedding
- Skin, nerve, temporal artery, vas deferens, skeletal muscle, core biopsies with unstained slides, cell block ribbons
- Always write on cap or case comment on task in PTOE what action is needed - histotech will not process without note
- Priority level: 2
GREEN CAPS
- Routine Processing
- Priority level: 3
WHITE CAPS
- Bone/Decal
- Priority level: 3
How to Wrap Tissue in Filter Paper
How to Cut Frozen Sections
How to Coverslip Frozen Section Slides
Miscellany
Here is a list of "rules" that do not fit well elsewhere. Please incorporate these into your practice
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Residents use 3 letter initials on all paperwork; PA students use 2 letter initials (3 = res, 2 - PA student)
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Please leave your work station as clean or cleaner than you found it
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If you use all of something (i.e. blades, lids, coverslips, etc), please be curteous and refill from stock
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Do not eat or drink in the gross room. Doing that is gross. No food/drink waste in gross room trash cans
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Visibly soiled (i.e. bloody or gross) items go in the biohazard trash cans. Non-soiled items go in regular trash (biohazard trash disposal is limited in space and much more expensive)
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Never leave sharps out when finished grossing or cleaning up after IOC. This is a major no-no
Contact Information
11234 Anderson Street
Room 2151
Loma Linda, CA 92354
909-558-4398 (Main)
909-558-4113 (Fax)