Hi Sandra, Contact Victor Wong
Cell 646-378-9222 serv...@autostainertech.com He is very good with lab vision platform. Thanks Ranna Mehta On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > wrote: > Send Histonet mailing list submissions to > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > histonet-ow...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Little Rock Day Shift Histotech Recruitment (Angie Laparidis) > 2. Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 158, Issue 22 Breast Specimen > (Steve McClain) > 3. Syringe for Lab Vision 720D Stainer Needed! (Sandra Cheasty) > 4. Re: Breast specimens (Bob Richmond) > 5. Re: Syringe for Lab Vision 720D Stainer Needed! (Walter Benton) > 6. Re: Breast specimens (Drinkall, Liz) > 7. job descriptions (Caleri, Kathleen) > 8. CAP Gen 41770 glassware cleaning (Mike Toole) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:50:37 -0500 > From: Angie Laparidis <an...@ka-recruiting.com> > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Little Rock Day Shift Histotech Recruitment > Message-ID: > <CABKqvShTF45eQFDVupfbG_KEr2JOHg5dXk5LMEDWxU4jOz6mmw@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Happy Monday Histonet Users! > > I wanted to share a brand new opening with a client of mine in Little Rock, > AR. It is a hospital setting-with the shifts starting from 4:30 to 6:00 AM > and are eight hours long. Strong preference for surgpath experience. > > > Great hospital, great location, amazing shift- this position will not be > open very long! Send your applications to me at an...@ka-recruiting.com > and > I look forward to speaking with you! > > > Sincerely, > > > *Angie Laparidis*Healthcare Recruiter > K.A. Recruiting, Inc. > 10 Post Office Square, 8th Floor South, Boston, MA, 02109 > W: 617.746-2744 (*please note this is a new number*) > F: (617) 507-8009 > an...@ka-recruiting.com > > > Our openings are updated daily at www.ka-recruiting.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:14:24 +0000 > From: Steve McClain <ste...@mcclainlab.com> > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 158, Issue 22 Breast > Specimen > Message-ID: > <E22B57B53A4E354E878645C2036FC8244858BDC8@ML1.McClainLabs.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In my experience, rushing to process fatty or inadequately fixed specimens > is a fool's game. > In my opinion, this problem cannot be solved by the histotechs- it begins > with the grossers and is one for the pathologists to solve at the grossing > bench. > > Suggestion #1 Do nothing and let the medical director pathologist/ sign it > out/deal w this individual case. > > Suggestion #2 Sometimes a decent section can be obtained after changing > paraffin. > [place the blocks in molds and melt the blocks and change to new paraffin- > let them sit in the embedding center in the new paraffin for 60 minutes. > Re-embed in new paraffin (2 changes) and then re-embed.] > > Suggestion #3 Reprocess these blocks if permitted, recognizing that breast > markers (if cancerous) may be erroneous. > > Suggestion #4 Seek to prevent future occurrences by adjusting behavior at > the grossing bench. > a) first ensuring adequate fixation and b) second ensuring adequate > length/time of processing. > > > Steve A. McClain, MD > 631 361 4000 > > What is the best way to handle Breast specimens that were grossed too > thick and did not process well? Our medical director does not want us to > reprocess the tissue but it is almost impossible to get even a remotely > decent section. If anyone has any other tips please let me know as soon as > possible > > -- > > Charles Riley HT(ASCP)CM > > Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs********************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:00:59 +0000 > From: Sandra Cheasty <sandra.chea...@wisc.edu> > To: "Histonet (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu)" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] Syringe for Lab Vision 720D Stainer Needed! > Message-ID: > <BN6PR06MB304304FE5FD44F74D5179977FA4B0@BN6PR06MB3043. > namprd06.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Hello everyone! > Can someone tell me where I can get a replacement syringe > for the Lab Vision 720 stainer? It is supposed to be part # NM014. Thermo > Fisher has been unable to help me so far. > Thanks! > Sandy > > Sandra J. Cheasty, HT (ASCP) > Histology & Necropsy Supervisor > UW-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:46:22 -0500 > From: Bob Richmond <rsrichm...@gmail.com> > To: "Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Breast specimens > Message-ID: > <CAOKsRH47GUSNNmBd8+L0CxWRPkW2PW=vffSYohB6u6Rzb9hw > a...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Charles Riley HT(ASCP)CM asks: > > >>What is the best way to handle breast specimens that were grossed too > thick > and did not process well? Our medical director does not want us to > reprocess the tissue but it is almost impossible to get even a remotely > decent section. If anyone has any other tips please let me know as soon as > possible.<< > > This 78 year old pathologist says, no sympathy, make your pathologists cut > 'em right in the first place. > > I agree reprocessing is undesirable, but sometimes there's no other way to > get a section. I'm not sure I've ever had to have a case of my own > reprocessed, but I sure have with cases I've inherited from a departing > pathologist. Show your pathologists their miserable blocks if they don't > agree. > > Bob Richmond > Samurai Pathologist > Maryville TN > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:44:32 +0000 > From: Walter Benton <wben...@cua.md> > To: Sandra Cheasty <sandra.chea...@wisc.edu> > Cc: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Syringe for Lab Vision 720D Stainer Needed! > Message-ID: <06e70a2e9b1e424fa453f9bc233d8...@mail01.gcu-MD.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Check Biocare Medical. They use the same "box" and just place their name > on it. Biocare calls it the Nemesis. > > > Walter Benton HT(ASCP)QIHC > Lab Operations Manager > Chesapeake Urology Associates > 806 Landmark Drive, Suite 127 > Glen Burnie, MD 21061 > 443-471-5850 (Direct) > 410-768-5961 (Lab) > 410-768-5965 (Fax) > Chesapeakeurology.com > > Voted a Best Place to Work by > Baltimore and Modern Healthcare > Magazines. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Cheasty via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists. > utsouthwestern.edu] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 4:01 PM > To: Histonet (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu) <histonet@lists. > utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] Syringe for Lab Vision 720D Stainer Needed! > > Hello everyone! > Can someone tell me where I can get a replacement syringe > for the Lab Vision 720 stainer? It is supposed to be part # NM014. Thermo > Fisher has been unable to help me so far. > Thanks! > Sandy > > Sandra J. Cheasty, HT (ASCP) > Histology & Necropsy Supervisor > UW-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic > message is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the > designated recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is > protected from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended > recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this transmission in error, please notify the transmitting > person/department immediately by email or telephone (410) 581-5881 and > delete the message without making a copy. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:47:47 +0000 > From: "Drinkall, Liz" <liz.drink...@nmhs.org> > To: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Breast specimens > Message-ID: > <cf4a9f63ed4be14a92bb6476ad9c18ebf3a4b...@w2k8mbx003.nmhs.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > For breast specimens that didn't process well, you could try melting them > down and placing them in warm paraffin for 1-2 hours. If you're concerned > that there could still be xylene in the tissue, you could try to squeeze > out some of the excess xylene. Re-embed the blocks and try cutting again. > We have been able to avoid reprocessing in the past by doing this. > Liz > > Liz Drinkall,?MS, HTL (ASCP) CM > liz.drink...@nmhs.org > Methodist Hospital > Histology Lab/Nebraska Collaborative Lab > 8303 Dodge St. > Omaha, NE 68114 > (402)354-4572/(402)354-7974 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-request@ > lists.utsouthwestern.edu] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 12:00 PM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 158, Issue 22 > > Send Histonet mailing list submissions to > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > histonet-ow...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Breast specimens (Charles Riley) > 2. TempTrak monitoring system (Abbott, Tanya) > 3. Leica DM2000 microscope + integrated camera (Julio Benavides) > 4. CAP Gen 41770 glassware cleaning (Piche, Jessica) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 07:57:02 -0500 > From: Charles Riley <cri...@dpspa.com> > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Breast specimens > Message-ID: > <CAAQhB126NVDLNsKO5ottyuXBt27L0qapdCNiO-iLJRQwEpO2Pg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > What is the best way to handle Breast specimens that were grossed too > thick and did not process well? Our medical director does not want us to > reprocess the tissue but it is almost impossible to get even a remotely > decent section. If anyone has any other tips please let me know as soon as > possible > > -- > > Charles Riley HT(ASCP)CM > > Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs > > > > > This message and any included attachments are from Nebraska Methodist > Health System and its affiliates and are intended only for the addressee. > The message may contain privileged, confidential and/or proprietary > information intended only for the person(s) named. Unauthorized > forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such information is > strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the addressee, > please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery > error by e-mail or you may call Nebraska Methodist Health System and its > affiliates in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A at (402)354-2280. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:58:21 +0000 > From: "Caleri, Kathleen" <kathleen.cal...@roswellpark.org> > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] job descriptions > Message-ID: > <DM5PR1201MB023694ECDFC60F7555123709F04A0@DM5PR1201MB0236. > namprd12.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > We are currently reviewing job descriptions...so, what tasks do you > require of your histotechs? Besides the basic embedding, cutting, and > staining (routine and special IHC), instrument maintenance...what else are > they expected to do-what do you consider to be appropriate tasks for entry > level techs and for seasoned techs? Do they do any grossing-and to what > extent? Do they assist with autopsies-to what extent? If anyone wants to > share their descriptions, please email me directly at > kathleen.cal...@roswellpark.org<mailto:kathleen.cal...@roswellpark.org> > > I am mostly interested in what NYS labs are doing but would like to hear > from everyone. Thanks! > > > Kate Caleri BS HT(ASCP) > Histology Lab Supervisor > Roswell Park Cancer Institute > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:37:39 -0600 > From: Mike Toole <mto...@dcol.net> > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] CAP Gen 41770 glassware cleaning > Message-ID: <31530E35E0BAB044B3B56B7FE5CF4EB34B348A9529@mail> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jessica, > > > > I am not sure about requirements to use and test for detergent, but the > following steps are good practices. > > > > Clearing containers should be kept separate from other containers. They > need only to be wiped out with a paper towel. No water, detergent or bleach. > > > > Alcohols can be cleaned with tap water and a brush only, then given a DI > rinse to avoid residue. Wipe dry. > > > > Stain containers should also be cleaned only with a brush and tap water. > If necessary, a small amount of a 10% solution of HCl and 70% OH can be > used followed by a thorough DI rinsing. If this is not sufficient, then > follow with 10% bleach being sure to rinse thoroughly with DI water and > wipe dry. > > > > Chlorine test strips and phosphate test kits can be used to test for > bleach and detergent residues. Even though detergent is not called for. > > > > Chlorine test strip: https://www.indigo.com/test_strips/disinfectants_ > sanitizers/chlorine_and_iodine/chlorine-test-papers-200ppm-33815.html > > > > API Phosphate Test Kit: http://www.apifishcare.com/product.php?id=589#. > WIEFOlMrIkI > > > > Mike > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > ------------------------------ > > End of Histonet Digest, Vol 158, Issue 23 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet