Mike - Lubricant is the bane of our existence when it comes to ThinPrep. We process 30 - 70 urine specimens per day, and we have that problem whenever excess lubricant is used. We set up a protocol to use a 1:9 glacial acetic acid:Cytolyt solution as a wash when we encounter the problem. Sometimes it works; most times it doesn't. It will be interesting to find out what other labs have done. Good luck.
Paul Verden UroPartners, LLC Westchester, IL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Pence Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Histonet] Cyto prep question I know this many not be the forum to ask this question, but I know many of us have cyto depts. within our labs. We have been seeing an increase in the number of unsatisfactory urine specimens from our Urology group lately and it is due to lubricant on the ThinPrep filter. We have worked with the Urology group and they are using the recommended lubricant from the manufactory. We see the problem even when the urine is diluted in CytoLyt for several hours. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Thanks in advance, Mike _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
