Competency information
Details
Prepare and use a microtome on a range of tissue samples within different embedding materials
Considerations
- Principles of specimen dissection and block selection
- Tissue processing and embedding techniques
- Decalcification
- Microtomy, cryotomy
- Macrophotography
- Normal cellular morphology and ultrastructure of specified tissues and organ systems, including skin, building on basic anatomy and physiology
- Basic principles of tissue preparation techniques, including factors affecting selection and their application
- Factors that influence the quality and integrity of prepared specimens
- The principles of specimen dissection and manipulation to expose features of interest
- Basic principles of demonstration techniques and their rationale and hazards
Relevant learning outcomes
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| # 1 | Outcome Receive, prepare and process specimens for solid tumour investigation To include supervised dissection, tissue selection cutting, fixation and staining, as appropriate |
| # 6 | Outcome Apply the principles of internal quality control and external quality assessment and draw conclusions about assay performance |
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