I work in a histolab in Austria as Biomedical Scientist. There's no differentiation between histotechs and MTs in this lab. We perform manual FISH on FFPET like Her2neu and others. The reading is done by pathologists.
I think FISH belongs to high level duties in histolab and should be performed by well educated histo-people. This said, also FISH is a technique done step by step after a hopefully well-done protocol. The ability of troubleshooting is the point. Automatically performed FISH is a matter of instrument maintenance. Gudrun Lang -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Im Auftrag von Mimmo Pozzuoli Gesendet: Samstag, 25. September 2010 17:05 An: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Betreff: [Histonet] FISH procedures A question for people working in urology and other types of histology labs... Do histotechnicians perform FISH procedures in your lab or is it required to have an MT on board to do such tests? I have heard of ISH being done in histology settings and imagine that the automation of them has lent a particular level of ease to the process. With more and more labs doing these types of procedures, what are the requirements for testing personnel? same as histology work under CLIA regs? _______________________________________________ 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