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A '''tissue floater''', also '''floater''', is a (biologic) contaminant that is transferred to the slide some time during [[tissue processing]].<ref name=pmid19492892>{{Cite journal | last1 = Platt | first1 = E. | last2 = Sommer | first2 = P. | last3 = McDonald | first3 = L. | last4 = Bennett | first4 = A. | last5 = Hunt | first5 = J. | title = Tissue floaters and contaminants in the histology laboratory. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 133 | issue = 6 | pages = 973-8 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-133.6.973 | PMID = 19492892 | URL = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165-133.6.973}}</ref> | A '''tissue floater''', also '''floater''', is a (biologic) contaminant that is transferred to the slide some time during [[tissue processing]].<ref name=pmid19492892>{{Cite journal | last1 = Platt | first1 = E. | last2 = Sommer | first2 = P. | last3 = McDonald | first3 = L. | last4 = Bennett | first4 = A. | last5 = Hunt | first5 = J. | title = Tissue floaters and contaminants in the histology laboratory. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 133 | issue = 6 | pages = 973-8 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-133.6.973 | PMID = 19492892 | URL = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165-133.6.973}}</ref> | ||
A tissue floater is a type of ''extraneous tissue''; tissue that is foreign to the case.<ref name=pmid22031316>{{Cite journal | last1 = Layfield | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Witt | first2 = BL. | last3 = Metzger | first3 = KG. | last4 = Anderson | first4 = GM. | title = Extraneous tissue: a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 136 | issue = 5 | pages = 767-72 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1309/AJCP4FFSBPHAU8IU | PMID = 22031316 | URL = http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/136/5/767.long }}</ref> | A tissue floater is a type of ''extraneous tissue''; tissue that is foreign to the case.<ref name=pmid22031316>{{Cite journal | last1 = Layfield | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Witt | first2 = BL. | last3 = Metzger | first3 = KG. | last4 = Anderson | first4 = GM. | title = Extraneous tissue: a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 136 | issue = 5 | pages = 767-72 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1309/AJCP4FFSBPHAU8IU | PMID = 22031316 | URL = http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/136/5/767.long }}</ref><ref name=pmid12049100>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gephardt | first1 = GN. | last2 = Zarbo | first2 = RJ. | title = Extraneous tissue in surgical pathology: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 275 laboratories. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 120 | issue = 11 | pages = 1009-14 | month = Nov | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 12049100 }}</ref> | ||
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