We made up an excel spread sheet that contains: Antibody/Ancillary solutions(buffer, detection kits) Company Source Catalog # Lot # Expiration Date
When we open an new antibody, we clear out the Lot # & Expiration date and add it to the "re-order list, ensuring that we never run out. Then when the new antibody comes in, we can quickly add it to the supply list. Additionally, the techs in the department found that it helps them to assign a color to each expiration month. So the expiration date "cell" will be; blue for January, red for February........and so on to give a visual help when watching for upcoming expiring antibodies. They also made a "cheat sheet" of colors that correspond to each month. I have also found that this list helps me immensly when inventory comes around!! Always did hate fishing around in the 'frig searching and counting antibodies!! I'm lucky, my department is very good about keeping up with the incoming/outgoing stock. hope this helps! :) Lynette Lynette Pavelich, HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor Hurley Medical Center One Hurley Plaza Flint, MI 48503 ph: 810.262.9948 mobile: 810.444.7966 ________________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] on behalf of Helie, Mary [mary.he...@yale.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:36 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Antibody Inventory Good Afternoon Does anyone have any suggestions for primary antibody inventory management? Thank you Mary Helie _______________________________________________ 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