RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification
Dear All, Would you like to share format of verification form (new reagent lot/new antibody and new equipment). Thanks, Tahseen Histology supervisor SKMCH&RC Lahore > Thanks everyone! > > -Original Message- > From: Settembre, Dana [mailto:sette...@umdnj.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:03 AM > To: 'Sebree Linda A'; Rathborne, Toni; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification > > We are saving slides from inspection to inspection, about 2 years. > Dana Settembre > University Hospital - UMDNJ > Newark, NJ > > -Original Message- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sebree > Linda A > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:26 AM > To: Rathborne, Toni; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification > > We're saving both for at least 2 years. > > -Original Message- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne, > Toni > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:50 AM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification > > ANP.22760 refers to new lot verification for antibodies and detection. > The Evidence of Compliance says that there should be "Records of > verification of new reagent lots". What is everyone's interpretation of > "records"? Are you saving slides in addition to paper documentation? > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center > and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in > this message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, > proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or > exemption from disclosure under applicable law. > 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 Somerset Medical Center's > computer Help Desk at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. > > Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - > www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, event > listings, health information and more. > ___ > 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 > > > > > - > This message was secured by ZixCorp(R). > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center > and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in > this > message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, > proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or > exemption from disclosure under applicable law. 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 Somerset Medical Center's computer Help Desk > at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. > > Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - > www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, > event listings, health information and more. > > ___ > 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
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RE: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies
We had one of our clients looking into this testing. The company does a hard sell. What they neglect to tell you is the insurance companies may not cover this testing leaving the patient with a huge bill sometimes $700 to $800. Known Error will tell you it is a Medicare approved test what they don't tell you is the patient will almost always end up with some bill, also the other HMO do not have approval leaving the patient with the full bill. Our client declined to use this system after further investigation form our lab. The amount of work evolved in processing and hands on specimen time is huge with no reimbursement to the lab itself. Cindy Cindy Pyse, CLT, HT (ASCP) Laboratory Manager X-Cell Laboratories 716-250-9235 etx. 232 e-mail cp...@x-celllab.com -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Lester Raff MD Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:25 AM To: Richard Cartun; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies We do not! Lester J. Raff, MD Medical Director UroPartners Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel 708.486.0076 Fax 708.492.0203 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:21 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ 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 mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] "know error system" prostate biopsies
I work for a large urology group practice path lab in PA. It was pitched to us as a way of eliminating specimen errors from the numerous sites that sent us bx's. What we weren't told was the enormous amount of work involved or that it would fall on us to bill the insurances. Luckily, our medical director was able to persuade the urologists that it was neither needed or cost effective and we politely told know error, no thank you. Bob Jann HT(ASCP) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] RE: Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias
Yes it should work, placing the block in the water bath (for less than a minute) then into an ice-water slurry for about 3 minutes as we experienced with similar samples. Hope this helps! Meghana V. Bapardekar, Ph. D., Dept. of Histopathology, Cleveland Biolabs, 73 High Street, Buffalo, NY - 14203. Phone: 716-849-6810, ext.: 357 Fax: 716-849-6817 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Machin, Leisha E Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:25 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias Dear Nancy, I had your mouse tibia problem last year; the marrow consistently folded up accordion-style. I believe the problem was solved by placing the block in the water bath (for less than a minute) then into an ice-water slurry for about 3 minutes. Hope this help - best of luck! Leisha Machin This communication may contain privileged information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic information about individuals and businesses subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification
Thanks everyone! -Original Message- From: Settembre, Dana [mailto:sette...@umdnj.edu] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:03 AM To: 'Sebree Linda A'; Rathborne, Toni; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification We are saving slides from inspection to inspection, about 2 years. Dana Settembre University Hospital - UMDNJ Newark, NJ -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sebree Linda A Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:26 AM To: Rathborne, Toni; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification We're saving both for at least 2 years. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne, Toni Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:50 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification ANP.22760 refers to new lot verification for antibodies and detection. The Evidence of Compliance says that there should be "Records of verification of new reagent lots". What is everyone's interpretation of "records"? Are you saving slides in addition to paper documentation? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or exemption from disclosure under applicable law. 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 Somerset Medical Center's computer Help Desk at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, event listings, health information and more. ___ 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 - This message was secured by ZixCorp(R). CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or exemption from disclosure under applicable law. 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 Somerset Medical Center's computer Help Desk at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, event listings, health information and more. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] Re: Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias
Dear Nancy, I had your mouse tibia problem last year; the marrow consistently folded up accordion-style. I believe the problem was solved by placing the block in the water bath (for less than a minute) then into an ice-water slurry for about 3 minutes. Hope this help - best of luck! Leisha Machin "The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music." ~Lewis Thomas From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:00 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 101, Issue 18 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. ACMS perspective on Aetna's new requirments. (Nicole Tatum) 2. Prepared STD slides? (Jon Krupp) 3. HistoTALK at the Region III Meeting (David Kemler) 4. Competency assesment forms for Pathologists (Sheila Adey) 5. Re: Prepared STD slides? (Kim Donadio) 6. Re: Prepared STD slides? (Lee & Peggy Wenk) 7. "know error system" - prostate biopsies (Richard Cartun) 8. RE: "know error system" - prostate biopsies (Lester Raff MD) 9. Formalin asfety question (O'Donnell, Bill) 10. Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias (nancy lowen) 11. RE: "know error system" - prostate biopsies (Heath, Nancy L.) 12. RE: Formalin asfety question (O'Donnell, Bill) 13. RE: New Reagent Lot Verification (Settembre, Dana) 14. Re: Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias (Louise Renton) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:32:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Nicole Tatum" Subject: [Histonet] ACMS perspective on Aetna's new requirments. To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message-ID: <2628.208.62.167.196.1334251950.squir...@webmail.realpages.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 This is a letter From the American College of Mohs Surgery in reguards to Aetna letter for CAP requiremnet. April 5, 2012 I read your letter of March 23, 2012, outlining Aetna?s new requirement for CLIA and CAP certification for certain pathology services with dismay. I am very concerned these requirements could lead to lower cure rates, increased tissue loss and scarring, and even unnecessary deaths in your patients with problem skin cancer with Aetna insurance. CAP certification will be almost impossible to achieve for small Mohs Micrographic surgery frozen section laboratories. These labs can only be CAP certified if directed by an anatomic pathologist or dermatopathologist. Mohs surgeons, who have extensive additional training in pathology, and training to run their laboratories, do not fit into either niche. Mohs surgeons deal with the most difficult and recurrent skin cancers. Please find attached a copy of the CPT coding assistant from 2008 describing Mohs surgery, and detailing what services are included in it. With your new restrictions, immunohistochemistry (CPT code 88342) cannot be billed with Mohs surgery for malignant melanoma and spindle cell tumors. This will restrict the use of Mart 1 immuno stains and other special cytokeratin stains. This will result in lower cure rates and an increased number of deaths. These stains on additional frozen sections are not part of Mohs surgery, and are appropriately billed for separately. In addition, Mohs surgeons will not be able to bill for the occasional special stains on frozen sections (CPT code 8814) such as oil red O on a sebaceous carcinoma, or toluidine blue (in addition to the hematoxylin and Eosin stained frozen sections) to clarify an area of inflammation. Performing these special stains on ambiguous frozen sections often saves the patient additional surgery and tissue loss, and saves Aetna money, because another stage of Mohs surgery is avoided. These additional stains are not part of the Mohs surgery and are appropriately billed for separately. Denial of these CPT codes may result in more tissue being removed unnecessarily, lower cure rates, higher recurrence rates, and potentially deaths. Quality control of the frozen section laboratory is crucial, and mandatory for CAP lab approval. This quality control involves processing of ?confirming? formalin sections off the frozen blocks of tissue is commonly performed in Mo
Re: [Histonet] Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias
Dear nancy what is the melting temp of the wax? perhaps your waterbath is too cool. Ideally you have have the temp so that the section expands but does not disintegrate. You could also try to pick up the wrinkly section on a slide, and then sort of "dab" it on a hotplate to "steam" out the wrinkles before you set the slide to drain. regards On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:30 PM, nancy lowen wrote: > Hello to all, > I am having on ongoing problem with wrinkles in the midshaft marrow area > of sections of whole mouse tibias. Leaving them in the waterbath longer > does not help--water bath temp. is 48 to 49 degrees. I have tried several > waxes to help, and am currently using McCormick Paraplast Plus. > Processing times are : 70%-1hour, 80% etoh,1hour, 95%-1hour, 3 100% > alcohols at 1 hour each. 2 Citrisolvs at 1:30 hours each, and four waxes > for 1hour, 1hour,1hour, and 3hours for the last. > Specimens seem to cut fine, and the head of the bone is good, but the > wrinkles are in the middle to lower part of the diaphysis. > Is is possible that the polymers in the wax could be the problem? > I see it mostly in the thinner, densely maarrow packed bones. > If anyone has any ideas, could you please pass it along, as I am getting > gray hairs from trying to figure it out. > Also, I do not fix the bones myself, but most of the bones I get have been > fixed for 24 hours in 10% Formalin. > Thanks in advance. > nancy.lo...@va.gov > ___ > 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 +27 11 717 2298 (tel & fax) 073 5574456 (emergencies only) Question: Are rhinos overweight unicorns? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification
We are saving slides from inspection to inspection, about 2 years. Dana Settembre University Hospital - UMDNJ Newark, NJ -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sebree Linda A Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:26 AM To: Rathborne, Toni; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification We're saving both for at least 2 years. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne, Toni Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:50 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification ANP.22760 refers to new lot verification for antibodies and detection. The Evidence of Compliance says that there should be "Records of verification of new reagent lots". What is everyone's interpretation of "records"? Are you saving slides in addition to paper documentation? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or exemption from disclosure under applicable law. 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 Somerset Medical Center's computer Help Desk at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, event listings, health information and more. ___ 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 mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Formalin asfety question
I withdraw the inquiry. Thanks -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:27 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Formalin asfety question Is formalin an RCRA regulated waste? I am having some difficulty getting this answered and figured someone who is much brighter than myself out there may well know. If anyone has a reference, that would be a huge help William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm. Cultivate it in PRAYER! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:21 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies
When I worked per-diem for Plus Diagnostics here in Warwick RI we used it. It was a pain in the butt!! Nancy Heath, HT (ASCP) Neuropathology Technician Pathology Tech Specialist Dept. of Pathology., Div. of Neuropathology Rhode Island Hospital APC Blding, Flr 12, Rm 211 593 Eddy Street Providence, RI 02903 lab: 401-444-3246 fax: 401-444-8514 nhe...@lifespan.org -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:21 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ 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] Wrinkles in whole bone mouse tibias
Hello to all, I am having on ongoing problem with wrinkles in the midshaft marrow area of sections of whole mouse tibias. Leaving them in the waterbath longer does not help--water bath temp. is 48 to 49 degrees. I have tried several waxes to help, and am currently using McCormick Paraplast Plus. Processing times are : 70%-1hour, 80% etoh,1hour, 95%-1hour, 3 100% alcohols at 1 hour each. 2 Citrisolvs at 1:30 hours each, and four waxes for 1hour, 1hour,1hour, and 3hours for the last. Specimens seem to cut fine, and the head of the bone is good, but the wrinkles are in the middle to lower part of the diaphysis. Is is possible that the polymers in the wax could be the problem? I see it mostly in the thinner, densely maarrow packed bones. If anyone has any ideas, could you please pass it along, as I am getting gray hairs from trying to figure it out. Also, I do not fix the bones myself, but most of the bones I get have been fixed for 24 hours in 10% Formalin. Thanks in advance. nancy.lo...@va.gov ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] Formalin asfety question
Is formalin an RCRA regulated waste? I am having some difficulty getting this answered and figured someone who is much brighter than myself out there may well know. If anyone has a reference, that would be a huge help William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Senior Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 SERENITY is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm. Cultivate it in PRAYER! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:21 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies
We do not! Lester J. Raff, MD Medical Director UroPartners Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel 708.486.0076 Fax 708.492.0203 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:21 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] "know error system" - prostate biopsies I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ 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] "know error system" - prostate biopsies
I am curious how many of you working in hospital or non-hospital Anatomic Pathology labs are using the "know error system" for prostate biopsy/patient DNA confirmation? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Prepared STD slides?
A Google search of "prepared histology slides" found a company called Carolina http://www.carolina.com/ Click Life Sciences Click Microscopic slides Don't know if they have exactly what you want, but it's a start. Don't know anything about the company. Maybe someone on Histonet does. Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI 48073 (Opinions expressed are mine, and do not reflect my place of employment.) -Original Message- From: Kim Donadio Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:03 PM To: Jon Krupp Cc: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Prepared STD slides? Contact your local college Might help Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jon Krupp wrote: Hi I not a histo tech, nor do I play one on TV, so I might not be up to speed on this. A microbiology instructor asked me to see if there is a source of prepared slides of STD's that he could use in class. Maybe you know some place we could check? I have done some WWW searching, but have had a hard time finding prepared slides students could use with a microscope in class. Most everything seems to have gone digital and PowerPoint-ish. Thanks Jon Jonathan Krupp Delta College 5151 Pacific Ave. Box 212 Stockton, CA 95207 209-954-5284 jkr...@deltacollege.edu Find us on Facebook @ Electron Microscopy at SJ Delta College ___ 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 mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
