Hey Tom - i bet you'll never forget FFPE now.
I also took me a bit of time to figure it out.
I now use the acronym on posts to save time - and dont mind if
someone needs a quick reminder on abbrev.


				Lara Muffley
                                Dermatology Dept
                                University of Washington
                                Seattle, WA
                                muffley@u.washington.edu

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 tom.read@utoronto.ca wrote:

> Not all of us who read histonet are histotechs! Furthermore not all of us can
> afford the time to read histonet every day and may even miss it for weeks at a
> time so, as in my case, may miss references to abbreviations such as FFPE. I do
> not think the few extra seconds it takes to type out a terms such as this is
> too much to ask.
>
>
> Quoting HistoNet Server :
>
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: 27 Nov 2001 02:08:00 -0600
> > From: 177louie@chiron.wits.ac.za
> > Subject: Re: FFPE
> >
> > Formalin fixed parafffin embedded tissue - most histotechs should
> > be aware of this abbreviation as it :
> > a) was discussed a while ago on histonet.
> > b) saves time when typing.
>
>
>
>
> A. Thomas Read, PhD
> Dept of Ophthalmology
> Gage Institute of Research
> University of Toronto
> 223 College St., Rm 308
> Toronto, ON  M5T 1R4  Canada
>
> E-mail: tom.read@utoronto.ca
>
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