Storage

Storage

Resection specimens are generally stored for about 4–6 weeks. Tissue blocks and slides are retained for as long as space George Nicholas Papanicolaou , 1883–1962, Professor of Anatomy , Cornell University , New Y ork, NY , USA. Richard May , 1863–1936, Professor of Medicine, Munich, Germany . Ludwig Grünwald , 1863–1927, otolaryngologist, Munich, Germany . Gustav Giemsa , 1867–1948, chemist and bacteriologist, Hamburg, Germany . Dmitri Leonidovich Romanowsky , 1861–1921, Professor of Medicine, St Petersburg, Russia. Hippocrates of Kos , Greek physician and surgeon, and by common consent ‘the father of medicine’, was born on the island of Kos, o ff Turkey , about 460 /uni00A0/b.sc/c.sc/e.sc and probably died in 375 /uni00A0 /b.sc/c.sc/e.sc . permits. Fresh tissue can be frozen for future clinical review , teaching, audit or research. Many countries now have formal tissue-banking processes that allow construction of an archive of cases. In many countries, the storage, transport and subse - quent use of tissue is subject to many legal constraints.

Figure 11.9 A cervical smear stained with a Papanicolaou stain. Numerous cells are present (courtesy of Professor MT Sheaff, Barts Health NHS Trust).

Storage

Resection specimens are generally stored for about 4–6 weeks. Tissue blocks and slides are retained for as long as space George Nicholas Papanicolaou , 1883–1962, Professor of Anatomy , Cornell University , New Y ork, NY , USA. Richard May , 1863–1936, Professor of Medicine, Munich, Germany . Ludwig Grünwald , 1863–1927, otolaryngologist, Munich, Germany . Gustav Giemsa , 1867–1948, chemist and bacteriologist, Hamburg, Germany . Dmitri Leonidovich Romanowsky , 1861–1921, Professor of Medicine, St Petersburg, Russia. Hippocrates of Kos , Greek physician and surgeon, and by common consent ‘the father of medicine’, was born on the island of Kos, o ff Turkey , about 460 /uni00A0/b.sc/c.sc/e.sc and probably died in 375 /uni00A0 /b.sc/c.sc/e.sc . permits. Fresh tissue can be frozen for future clinical review , teaching, audit or research. Many countries now have formal tissue-banking processes that allow construction of an archive of cases. In many countries, the storage, transport and subse - quent use of tissue is subject to many legal constraints.

Figure 11.9 A cervical smear stained with a Papanicolaou stain. Numerous cells are present (courtesy of Professor MT Sheaff, Barts Health NHS Trust).

Storage

Resection specimens are generally stored for about 4–6 weeks. Tissue blocks and slides are retained for as long as space George Nicholas Papanicolaou , 1883–1962, Professor of Anatomy , Cornell University , New Y ork, NY , USA. Richard May , 1863–1936, Professor of Medicine, Munich, Germany . Ludwig Grünwald , 1863–1927, otolaryngologist, Munich, Germany . Gustav Giemsa , 1867–1948, chemist and bacteriologist, Hamburg, Germany . Dmitri Leonidovich Romanowsky , 1861–1921, Professor of Medicine, St Petersburg, Russia. Hippocrates of Kos , Greek physician and surgeon, and by common consent ‘the father of medicine’, was born on the island of Kos, o ff Turkey , about 460 /uni00A0/b.sc/c.sc/e.sc and probably died in 375 /uni00A0 /b.sc/c.sc/e.sc . permits. Fresh tissue can be frozen for future clinical review , teaching, audit or research. Many countries now have formal tissue-banking processes that allow construction of an archive of cases. In many countries, the storage, transport and subse - quent use of tissue is subject to many legal constraints.

Figure 11.9 A cervical smear stained with a Papanicolaou stain. Numerous cells are present (courtesy of Professor MT Sheaff, Barts Health NHS Trust).