Cheryl, When I have this I use a small cube of tissue that is completely unrelated to the project as my marker. You can even ink all surfaces on this small piece of tissue. I process something but don't block it and keep that piece to cut the smaller cubes from.
I keep track on a "map" and then that goes with the block. It works well. Colleen Forster On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 12:30 PM Cheryl via Histonet < histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone- > We have a researcher who needs to put multiple samples in one block for > quality and cost control. There are four different samples per tissue and > they've been processed differently but all are FFPE. > Is there a way to put an orientation mark in the block that transfers to > the slide - like a section-able plastic bead or wax-based dye so we can > embed these membranes in a specific order and she can keep track of the > order on her future slide preps? > I recall there was a cassette with little plastic 'fingers' to orient > shave biopsies to embed later where the plastic cut and remained on the > slide without interfering with any staining process or coverslipping- > something like that?? > > > > Cheryl Kerry, HT(ASCP) > Full Staff Inc. > > admin@fullstaff.orgtkgnfl...@yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC BLS Histology and IHC Laboratory Jackson Hall, Room 2-155 321 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-626-1930 612-626-1930 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet