I am hoping that the vendors will recognize this when the make these agreements. Hopefully not doubling our prices!
Loralee McMahon, HTL (ASCP) Immunohistochemistry Supervisor Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Surgical Pathology (585) 275-7210 ________________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Dessoye, Michael J [mjdess...@commonwealthhealth.net] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:58 AM To: Vanessa Perez; anita dudley; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] negative controls You may be able to omit them, but in our case they are still a detection that is part of our volume agreement. I'm not sure if everyone else has a similar agreement, but omitting the negative controls may affect your ability to meet a volume commitment. Michael J. Dessoye, M.S. | Histology Supervisor | Wilkes-Barre General Hospital | An Affiliate of Commonwealth Health | mjdess...@commonwealthhealth.net | 575 N. River Street | Wilkes Barre, PA 18764 | Tel: 570-552-1432 | Fax: 570-552-1526 -----Original Message----- From: Vanessa Perez [mailto:vpe...@pathreflab.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:35 AM To: anita dudley; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] negative controls Yes you can, the cap standards just came out Tuesday with the revised part stating you do not have to run a negative reagent control using polymer based detection. Only if you are still using biotin based detection kits do you need to run the neg. control Vanessa Perez Garcia Histology Supervisor Pathology Reference Lab 210-892-3746 210-892-3732 vpe...@pathreflab.com -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of anita dudley Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:13 PM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] negative controls just wondering if we can start leaving the negative controls off of our immuno stains now as long as our procedure says we can stain without them? we use ventanas multimer detection systems. thanks so much, anita dudley providence hospital mobile, alabama _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Commonwealth Health. Scanning of this message and addition of this footer is performed by Websense Email Security software in conjunction with virus detection software. _______________________________________________ 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