Re: [Histonet] Fire in the lab
hey, I once set my hair on fire in the lab...singed off my eyebrows and burnt my nostril hair. It took several days for the burnt hair smell to get out of my nose!!. This too was in a time long long ago in another time dimension On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Joe Nocito jnoc...@satx.rr.com wrote: Once upon a time in a far away land, we used to boil our embedding molds in boiling soapy water, over an open Bunsen burner, followed by an alcohol rinse then air dry. One time the fire alarm was activated and we had to evacuate the hospital. We were out there quit awhile. When we received the all clear to go back into the hospital, I was the first one back in the lab and the fire department was there, looking into our pot that had boiled out and was smoking up the lab. This wasn't the cause of the first alarm, but it did set off the second. Joe - Original Message - From: CHRISTIE GOWAN christiego...@msn.com To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:20 AM Subject: [Histonet] Fire in the lab Dear Histonet Friends, I just wanted to share an incident we recently had with an old paraffin pot. One of my techs came in on Sunday to embed some tissues, went into the processor room and smelled something burning. He noticed our old paraffin pot had charred looking labels on the outside so he went over, opened the lid and poof!!! the pot went up in flames. The thermostat had gone haywire and heated the paraffin to flash point. Opening the lid gave it the oxygen it needed to ignite. He triggered the alarm, made the appropriate call and then put it out with an extinguisher. Of course it kept re-igniting because he could not get behind it to pull the plug. The fire dept finally was able to get it pulled out and unplugged. Needless to say the tech was shaken and the room was a mess. I applaud his courage and am not sure I would have done the same. There was enough xylene and alcohol on the 4 processors to cause quite an explosion but everything else was in a flammable cabinet. I was wondering if this type of thing had ever happened to anyone else?? Needless to say, we have de-comissioned all old paraffin pots and will order only those with over temp safety features. I guess I just wanted to remind everyone that fires can happen in the lab and do probably more often than we hear about. This was the first time for me and I have been in this business for over 20 years. Take care and be safe. Christie Gowan HT (ASCP) ___ 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 -- Louise Renton Bone Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: SPAM-LOW: [Histonet] ruo antibodies
Yea we were just looking at this yesterday. There is no question on the CAP check list about using RUO's anymore, but it is still in the discussion section with ASR's and it is stated as you mentioned to include a disclaimer and statement that you did try to find an IVD or ASR antibody. Our question was about billing the patient for RUO use. CAP does not really address billing issues like that, but CMS does as far as we could tell, and we have been told that if you bill for RUO's CMS could come back and deny payment of the claim and perhaps all bills from your lab. We were wondering if anyone is billing patients for RUO antibodies, but of course if you are you may not want to say so to bring attention to yourself. Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHCtech 12635 Montview Blvd. Ste.215 Aurora, CO 80045 720-859-4060 fax 720-859-4110 www.ihctech.net www.ihcrg.org -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vickroy, Jim Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:03 AM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Histonet] ruo antibodies Our new CAP checklist does not mention the use of RUO antibodies anymore. This was under the question using ASR antibodies in the past. I believe the requirement was that if we wanted to use an RUO antibody we had to have a disclaimer similar to the ASR disclaimer but we also had to have a statement stating that we had searched for an IVD or ASR antibody. Does anyone know if this is still the practice or am I missing something? I do know of course than when using either an ASR or RUO antibody we have to establish and verify the performance. Any thoughts about the RUO(s)? James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP) Surgical and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor Memorial Medical Center 217-788-4046 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ___ 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
[Histonet] Fire in the lab
Here's mine. Had a per diem tech who didn't like the electric forceps warmer. She worked over Saturdays alone and brought in an alcohol lamp to heat her forceps and then knocked it over spilling flaming alcohol all over the thermal and dispensing consoles. Then, even worse, she poured water all over both plugged- in electic appliances. We got away with just melted facade face plates on both instruments. Jeff Silverman ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
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