Canadian association of pathologists-association Canadienne des Pathologistes national standards committee for high complexity testing/Immunohistochemistry guidelines for the preparation, release, and storage of unstained archived diagnostic tissue sections for Immunohistochemistry

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 629-633

  Cheung, Carol C ^a   Banerjee, Diponkar ^b   Barnes, Penny J ^c   Berendt, Richard C ^d   Butany, Jagdish ^a   Canil, Sarah ^d   Clarke, Blaise A ^a   El Zimaity, Hala ^a   Garratt, John ^e   Geldenhuys, Laurette ^c   Blake Gilks, C ^e   Manning, Lisa ^f   Mengel, Michael ^d   Perez Ordonez, Bayardo ^a   Pilavdzic, Dragana ^g   Riddell, Robert ^h   Swanson, Paul E ⁱ   Torlakovic, Emina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Archived diagnostic tissue; Guidelines; Immunohistochemistry; Unstained sections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOISTURE; PATHOLOGIST; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; TIME; TISSUE SECTION; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INFORMATION CENTER; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS;

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARCHIVES; CANADA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84917735896     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP77GXYVEQXMXT     Document Type: Article

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