>From the ASCP Board of Registry webpage: www.ascp.org/bor Click on Qualifications Click on IHC
There are 3 routes. To summarize, all experience must be within the last 5 years, in a US lab, Canadian lab, or CAP/JC accredited lab: 1. ASCP certified technologist + 6 months full time IHC experience 2. ASCP certified technian + 12 months full time IHC experience 3. BA/BS degree or higher from a regionally accredited college/university + 18 months full time IHC experience Full time acceptable experience must include: - Immunohistochemical and/or Immunofluorescence Preparations All of the following should have been performed by the applicant: - Staining technique - Selection of proper control material - Titration of immunologic reagents - Quality Assurance The applicant should have participated in Quality Assurance related to all of the following: - Specimen fixation, processing, microtomy - Reagent selection, preparation, storage, disposal - Method selection, validation, documentation - Quality control - Safety Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI 48073 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of FU,DONGTAO Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:39 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] QIHC certificate Hi, all I have a question about how to QIHC certificate. We have several bilogical scientists work as full-time employee doing IHC staining. But none of them has HT certificate. In this case, can they get QIHC certificate? What kind of courses need they to take? Thank you, Ann Fu Lab Manager Dept. of Pathology University of Flodrida Gainesville, FL 32610 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet