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Slide Savvy: Preventing Artifact in Biopsies: Focus on Vertical & Staining Artifact

Our third installment of “Preventing Artifact in Biopsies” focuses on Vertical and Staining Artifact. This webinar unveils how to avoid these artifacts to get the best diagnostic reads.

In this webinar Pathologist Assistant, Fernando Chang, renowned for his expertise in frozen section analysis, guides you through a series of real-life biopsy cases afflicted by artifact, while exploring the complexities of diagnostic interpretation.

This webinar includes:

  • Review of proper freezing processes and techniques
  • Identify types and causes of vertical artifact
  • How to prevent vertical artifact
  • Identify staining artifact
  • How temperature and cryostat settings affect staining
  • Technician resource management (TRM):
    • Training
    • Preventative maintenance/QC charts
    • Communication between technicians and management

Who is this for?

Donor & Transplant Professionals

Donor Center Lab Technicians

Fernando Chang IMG

Lead Pathologist Assistant - Surgical Pathology Department -
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at University Hospital Newark NJ
Rutgers Medical School
Summit Health
Atlantic Health Care System
RWJ Barnabas Healthcare system

Drawing from methodologies pioneered by the late Dr. Stephen Peters, Fernando collaborates with the Rutgers NJMS Pathology Residency program main surgical pathology and autopsy rotation at University Hospital. Here, he imparts innovative techniques in Anatomic Pathology Rotation, Frozen Sections, and the utilization of Telepathology Aperio Scan Scope. With more than 17 years of experience, Fernando has a wealth of expertise in working closely with OPOs.

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