Histology
Hardened tissues encased in wax that are cut to produce glass microscopic slides
What are blocks?
An alternative procedure typically used to evaluate internal organs, or body fluids such as urine or joint fluid.
What is a FNA?
Where do completed reports and addendums get dropped off?
A fetus must be this many weeks old to get an autopsy number.
What is 24 weeks
The exploration of the nature and causes of a disease
What is pathology?
Holds 20 slides at a time for distribution to services in the department
What is a slide folder?
This gender requires an annual check up, where the specimen goes on a thin prep slide.
What is a female?
How many rotations do the staff in the front office and transcription areas have in total?
What is six?
Provides excellent preservation of tissues
What is Formalin?
Known as the pathologic death of cells or tissue
What is necrosis?
The name of a device that can be used in the lab or at home
What is an oven?
What are the two stains that are used in the diagnosis of cyto specimens
What are Pap & Diff-Quik?
This SG code is the one NYPH uses for gross only exams
What is 88300?
The amount of time a foreign body is kept on Starr10.
What is 30 days?
The general term for a benign tumor of fat
What is a lipoma?
Used as prognostic indicators for breast cancer
What are HER2 and ER/PR testing?
What does cytology produce that overlaps with surgical pathology?
What is a cell block?
These are the abbreviations for the consults in surg path.
What are SC, SCG, and, SCS?
A formal request for laboratory services containing relevant information on a particular patient, the specimen type, and the referring physician.
What is a requisition?
Name five residents in surgical pathology.
Who are ___?
This special stain is cut @8-10 microns. (Biofringence)
What is a Congo Red stain?
A water-based cell wash solution used to preserve morphology of cytology samples prior to slide preparation
What is CytoLyt?
This can be the color of cassettes, GYN regular slides or LMH billing sheets.
What is the color green?
We use this machine in order to deliver a rapid diagnosis of a tumor or mass
What is a cryostat?
The length of a combined AP/CP residency.
What is four years?