[Histonet] Frozen section artefact

2012-09-25 Thread Adam Boanas
Hello,

I have a puzzling artefact that I can't seem to correct in 7 micron frozen 
sections of rat and mouse Small Intestine. When completing an IHC run, parts of 
the section look great and the staining has worked fine - on other parts of the 
same section, the morphology is ruined by the appearance of several spindly 
striations or smears that run between individual villi and in some cases 
actually cover the majority of the section. Where this occurs the top half of 
the villi do not take up either the antibody staining or the Haematoxylin 
counterstain (which is taken up fine elsewhere). Sometimes the smearing looks 
so bad that it turns the section into a smeary, gloopy mess. From what I can 
see the origin of the smears appears to be the nuclei as I have seen several 
small spindles from the nuclei leading into a larger thread.
We have thought about Lysis, Gut Mucus (have stained PAS to highlight), nuclear 
degredation.
Could it be fixation? We air dry following sectioning and fix in Acetone / 
alcohol 3:1 for 5 mins.
Any ideas would be great! Thanks in advance.
Adam

Adam Boanas
Senior Research Associate
Epistem Ltd
48 Grafton Street
Manchester, M13 9XX



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Re: [Histonet] PAN CKMNF116, picking up dendritic cells?

2012-09-25 Thread Richard Cartun
It should label dendritic cells since it reacts with cytokeratin 8.  These 
cells have been shown to contain cytokeratin protein by immunoblotting.  I use 
this reactivity as an internal positive control.

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
(860) 545-2204 Fax

 jAswigueAlatan msjaswigue.ala...@gmail.com 9/24/2012 9:14 PM 
Dear Histonetters,
Has anyone out there experienced problem with optimizing PanCK MNF116
antibody? Our CKMNF116 stains dendritic cells on lymph nodes using Ventana
protocol:
CC1 - 8 mins,
Ab incubation time 16 mins,
Post primary peroxidase inhib selected.
Basically, it should stain cytokeratins, but it stains dendritic cells as
well. What would be the possible causes and solutions. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

Joy
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[Histonet] thermo tissue processor

2012-09-25 Thread Bell, Mandy
Hi,



I was hoping to get some input on the Thermo Scientific STP420ES Tissue 
Processor (the one that looks like a washing machine).  Is anyone using it?  
Pros/Cons?



Mandy Bell  HTL(ASCP)



Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

2 Harris Court Suite B3/B4

Monterey, CA  93940



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[Histonet] Rat Brain Serial Sections

2012-09-25 Thread Erin Sarricks
Hi Histonet-

I have to serial section rat brain slices through the entire block (5
blocks total per brain) for stereology.  Since it is for stereology, I
obviously need to minimize tissue loss while sectioning.  Does anyone
have any experience with using ammonium hydroxide to help with the
dryness?  Would you recommend soaking the block in ammonium hydroxide
or wiping the surface of the block with it between sections?  Also,
what dilution would you use?  Thanks in advance for your help!

Erin Sarricks, HT (ASCP)
Histology Team Leader
USAMRICD Comparative Pathology Branch

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[Histonet] Annual NSH-IHC Resource Group Meeting

2012-09-25 Thread JMyers1
 
 
Greetings  All:
 
For  those of you who are planning to attend the National Society for  
Histotechnology's Symposium/Convention later this week, I just wanted to remind 
 
everyone that our group will hold it's only 'annual meeting' on Saturday, 
9/29,  from 12:00 to 12:45, (somewhere) in the Convention Center. 
If  you'd like to attend, please stop by the IHC-RG's table, located in the 
Exhibit  Hall, and pick up a copy of the tentative agenda.  For  those of 
you who do not plan on attending the S/C (as well as those who do), I  will 
post a summary report on the IHC-RG's GoogleGroup 'listerv' after the  
meeting has concluded. 
I look  forward to seeing many of you in Vancouver!
 
Best  Wishes,
 
Joe  Myers
 
Chair,  IHC-RG
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[Histonet] Albumin and Epcam to stain mouse cell pellets

2012-09-25 Thread Eva Permaul
Good afternoon,
Has anyone used Albumin and Epcam antibodies to stain mouse samples? If you
have would you please share the antibody information and conditions with me?
Thank you,
Eva Permaul
Georgetown University
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Re: [Histonet] Frozen section artefact

2012-09-25 Thread Hobbs, Carl
Assuming that you are fixing fresh-frozen tissue sections:

Tissue is autolysing.

Use Formalin for 10 mins or 1:1 acetone:alcohol for 10 mins.



Imho, acetone is not a fixative..it's a delipidizer.

5 mins in that mixture is too short a time for the alcohol to be an effective 
coagulant fixer.

However, a longer time in alcohol may well mask your Ag sites.



I see this artefact in acetone fixed frozen sections, often.



When immunostaining for MHCs in muscle, no fixation is required but, if 
DAPI/Hoechst is includednuclear streaming will be seen.



Always try several fixing fluids to get the best results on any new Ab.



 I may be wronghappy to be corrected.



Curious always,



Carl






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[Histonet] P16 and HPV

2012-09-25 Thread Barbara.Crill
I've been told that the HPV testing will be discontinued as of end of year. HPV 
expresses the P16 gene but so does other type of cancers associated with HPV.


It is possible to have a P16 pos and HPV negative test.
But is it not possible to have HPV pos and P16 neg.  if HPV is positive then 
the P16 is also positive.


So the P16 cannot be used to replace the HPV testing can it?


Antoinette Crill
TEAM LEADER ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY


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RE: [Histonet] Albumin and Epcam to stain mouse cell pellets

2012-09-25 Thread Anatoli Gleiberman
Eva
For mouse EpCAM I have used routinely during past 15 years G8.8 rat monoclonal 
antibody from Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank. Concentrated supernatant 
(1:200 dilution for IF) works very well on 4% paraformaldehyde fixed frozen 
samples (or on sections from fresh-frozen samples post-fixed with 
formaldehyde). Epitope is very sensitive to alcohol, so even fixation with NBF 
instead of formaldehyde diminishes staining dramatically. I was told that this 
antibody works on formalin-fixed paraffin sections after HIER retrieval, but 
never got results comparable to frozen sections. Don't have any recommendations 
regarding albumin, I used home-made antibodies for that purpose many years ago. 
In general, paraformaldehyde fixation and frozen sections worked satisfactory. 
Classical approach for albumin and alpha-fetoprotein staining was to fix in 
Saint-Mary fixative (1% acetic acid in absolute ethanol) following routine 
paraffin embedding. Nevertheless, short fixation with NBF (4h at room temp, 
following PBS wash) and paraffin embedding works as well. Best results 
regarding liver secreted proteins (as well as all membrane and cytoskeletal 
markers) could be achieved on cryo-sections after fixation by perfusion with 4% 
paraformaldehyde in PBS. 

Anatoli Gleiberman, PhD
Director of Histopathology
Cleveland Biolabs, Inc
73 High Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
phone:716-849-6810 ext.354
fax:716-849-6817
e-mail: agleiber...@cbiolabs.com

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Eva Permaul
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:21 PM
To: histonet
Subject: [Histonet] Albumin and Epcam to stain mouse cell pellets

Good afternoon,
Has anyone used Albumin and Epcam antibodies to stain mouse samples? If you 
have would you please share the antibody information and conditions with me?
Thank you,
Eva Permaul
Georgetown University
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Re: [Histonet] Albumin and Epcam to stain mouse cell pellets

2012-09-25 Thread Eva Permaul
Thank you Anatoli.

Let me add some more info to my question. The samples are FFPE.
Thanks,
Eva

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Anatoli Gleiberman 
agleiber...@cbiolabs.com wrote:

 Eva
 For mouse EpCAM I have used routinely during past 15 years G8.8 rat
 monoclonal antibody from Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank. Concentrated
 supernatant (1:200 dilution for IF) works very well on 4% paraformaldehyde
 fixed frozen samples (or on sections from fresh-frozen samples post-fixed
 with formaldehyde). Epitope is very sensitive to alcohol, so even fixation
 with NBF instead of formaldehyde diminishes staining dramatically. I was
 told that this antibody works on formalin-fixed paraffin sections after
 HIER retrieval, but never got results comparable to frozen sections. Don't
 have any recommendations regarding albumin, I used home-made antibodies for
 that purpose many years ago. In general, paraformaldehyde fixation and
 frozen sections worked satisfactory. Classical approach for albumin and
 alpha-fetoprotein staining was to fix in Saint-Mary fixative (1% acetic
 acid in absolute ethanol) following routine paraffin embedding.
 Nevertheless, short fixation with NBF (4h at room temp, following PBS wash)
 and paraffin embedding works as well. Best results regarding liver secreted
 proteins (as well as all membrane and cytoskeletal markers) could be
 achieved on cryo-sections after fixation by perfusion with 4%
 paraformaldehyde in PBS.

 Anatoli Gleiberman, PhD
 Director of Histopathology
 Cleveland Biolabs, Inc
 73 High Street
 Buffalo, NY 14203
 phone:716-849-6810 ext.354
 fax:716-849-6817
 e-mail: agleiber...@cbiolabs.com

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 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
 histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Eva Permaul
 Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:21 PM
 To: histonet
 Subject: [Histonet] Albumin and Epcam to stain mouse cell pellets

 Good afternoon,
 Has anyone used Albumin and Epcam antibodies to stain mouse samples? If
 you have would you please share the antibody information and conditions
 with me?
 Thank you,
 Eva Permaul
 Georgetown University
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[Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana Ultraview kit

2012-09-25 Thread Vickroy, Jim
We are trying to decide how to validate our stains when we switch from 
Ventana's IView kit to their Ultraview Kit.

I have reviewed the CAP question on this and find the following wording:

The performance of new lots of antibody and detection system reagents are 
compared with old lots before or concurrently with being placed into service.
Note:   Parallel staining is required to control for variables 
such as disparity in the lots of detection reagents or instrument function.  
New lots of primary and detection reagents must be
   compared to the previous lot using an 
appropriate panel of control tissues.   This comparison must be made on slides 
cut from the same control block.

Evidence:   Written procedure and records of verification of new reagent lots.

For new lots of antibodies we have been running the new lot and comparing with 
the previous lot by reviewing the control slide from the old lot to the new lot.

Is this sufficient?   Wording that bothers me is appropriate panel of tissues

Thanks for your input.

James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)

Surgical  and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor
Memorial Medical Center
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RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana Ultraview kit

2012-09-25 Thread Vanessa Perez
As far as lot to lot validation that's all we do. Use same control and compare 
both.  

Now validating a new detection kit is a whole different story.  Here I just 
made a checklist of all the antibodies we do and had the doc sign off on each 
stain with the new kit.  
If you want you can do a slide of each with same control one with the iview and 
one with the ultraview.
All depends on how your doc wants to validate it.

Vanessa 

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vickroy, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:58 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana 
Ultraview kit

We are trying to decide how to validate our stains when we switch from 
Ventana's IView kit to their Ultraview Kit.

I have reviewed the CAP question on this and find the following wording:

The performance of new lots of antibody and detection system reagents are 
compared with old lots before or concurrently with being placed into service.
Note:   Parallel staining is required to control for variables 
such as disparity in the lots of detection reagents or instrument function.  
New lots of primary and detection reagents must be
   compared to the previous lot using an 
appropriate panel of control tissues.   This comparison must be made on slides 
cut from the same control block.

Evidence:   Written procedure and records of verification of new reagent lots.

For new lots of antibodies we have been running the new lot and comparing with 
the previous lot by reviewing the control slide from the old lot to the new lot.

Is this sufficient?   Wording that bothers me is appropriate panel of tissues

Thanks for your input.

James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)

Surgical  and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor Memorial Medical Center
217-788-4046



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[Histonet] Path reports

2012-09-25 Thread Michelle Moore
Good afternoon Histoland! Anyone that is using Meditech AP module 5.6 please 
grace me with your method of transcription/dictation for your Pathologist. We 
just went live this year and it seems we have stepped back in time with this 
system. The voice recognition system we use in Radiology is not combatible with 
Meditech..ughhh! 
Thanks in advance for any help or direction!
Michelle Moore
Schneider Regional Medical Center
9048 Sugar Estate
St. Thomas Virgin Islands 00802
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[Histonet] Xylene Free Process

2012-09-25 Thread Vanessa Avalos
Hello,

I have been processing our tissue (derm only) in our Shandon Excelsior using a 
xylene free process with Iso Alcohol. A few years back it was set up that way 
by a Thermo rep and it worked really well. I am now having issues and the docs 
seem to think it is a processing issue rather than the sectioning or staining.  
I was wondering if anyone else is using a similar process and if you would  
mind sharing your overnight program with me for comparison . Thank you in 
advance for any help!


V.Avalos
ADS
Fax:602-277-2134

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RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana Ultraview kit

2012-09-25 Thread Joe Nocito
We are having a lively discussion about having 10 known positives and 10
known negatives to validate new antibodies. Many years ago we set up 5 and 5
even before CAP thought of the idea. This year's checklist added the 10 and
10 part, but it is up to the medical director.
What is everyone else doing out there? We are using the Ventana UltraView
detection kits. Everyone who uses these kits know how  expensive they are.
Is 5 and 5 sufficient or should go by CAP recommendations?

Joe Nocito

-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vanessa
Perez
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:37 PM
To: Vickroy, Jim; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana
Ultraview kit

As far as lot to lot validation that's all we do. Use same control and
compare both.  

Now validating a new detection kit is a whole different story.  Here I just
made a checklist of all the antibodies we do and had the doc sign off on
each stain with the new kit.  
If you want you can do a slide of each with same control one with the iview
and one with the ultraview.
All depends on how your doc wants to validate it.

Vanessa 

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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vickroy, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:58 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana
Ultraview kit

We are trying to decide how to validate our stains when we switch from
Ventana's IView kit to their Ultraview Kit.

I have reviewed the CAP question on this and find the following wording:

The performance of new lots of antibody and detection system reagents are
compared with old lots before or concurrently with being placed into
service.
Note:   Parallel staining is required to control for
variables such as disparity in the lots of detection reagents or instrument
function.  New lots of primary and detection reagents must be
   compared to the previous lot using an
appropriate panel of control tissues.   This comparison must be made on
slides cut from the same control block.

Evidence:   Written procedure and records of verification of new reagent
lots.

For new lots of antibodies we have been running the new lot and comparing
with the previous lot by reviewing the control slide from the old lot to the
new lot.

Is this sufficient?   Wording that bothers me is appropriate panel of
tissues

Thanks for your input.

James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)

Surgical  and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor Memorial Medical Center
217-788-4046



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[Histonet] NSH Convention Symposium - Quality Control Committe Meeting

2012-09-25 Thread WILLIAM DESALVO
The NSH is upon us and time to meet, greet and exchange. If you are attending 
and want to become involved in discussing and supporting Quality Improvement in 
the HIstology Lab, then attend the Quality Control Committee meeting on 
Saturday morning, September 29, 2012, 7:00 am - 7:45 am or stop by the 
committee table during exhibit hours.  The committee will discuss:2012 Quality 
Management Forum - Creating the Quality Chain in Histology, Bethesda, MD, 
October 20, 20122013 Forum - format and speakersAsk NSH About Quality - process 
and supportQuality Management in Histology Project - sub-committee and 
contentTissue Control Bank Bring yourself and your ideas. Hope to see you at 
NSH and at the committee meeting.
William DeSalvo, B.S., HTL(ASCP)

Chair, NSH Quality Control Committee

 
  
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[Histonet] Have Blocks, Will Cut

2012-09-25 Thread contact

Hello, Histonetters,
  
 If you are in the South (specifically TN, AL, AR,
MS, GA, KY),and represent or know of a laboratory that may be short
or inadeqautely staffed, I can help. I care about
 timely patient care and helping to produce diagnosis as timely as possible.
  
 If a need exists for a high volume of slides to be produced in a
short amount of time, I can help and am available to assist on your
busiest days to keep stress
 and fatigue to a minimum on your regular employees.
  
 Embedding with correct orientation-- 120+blocks/per hour
 Microtomy fully-faced block with precision and wrinkle-free
sections-- 90-100+/per hour
  
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will not be shared or disclosed.
  
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RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana Ultraview kit

2012-09-25 Thread Elizabeth Chlipala
Joe

I believe that is for initial validation, you can also place multiple tissues 
on a slide.  For new lot numbers of a previously validated protocol I would use 
only 3 tissues, strong positive, moderate to weak positive and then negative, 
these can all be placed on one slide.  I'm not in clinical but that's also the 
recommendations from the CAP paper on standardization in IHC.

Liz

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Manager
Premier Laboratory, LLC
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(303) 682-3949 office
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(303) 881-0763 cell
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Ship to address:

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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Nocito
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:35 PM
To: 'Vanessa Perez'; 'Vickroy, Jim'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana 
Ultraview kit

We are having a lively discussion about having 10 known positives and 10
known negatives to validate new antibodies. Many years ago we set up 5 and 5
even before CAP thought of the idea. This year's checklist added the 10 and
10 part, but it is up to the medical director.
What is everyone else doing out there? We are using the Ventana UltraView
detection kits. Everyone who uses these kits know how  expensive they are.
Is 5 and 5 sufficient or should go by CAP recommendations?

Joe Nocito

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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vanessa
Perez
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:37 PM
To: Vickroy, Jim; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana
Ultraview kit

As far as lot to lot validation that's all we do. Use same control and
compare both.

Now validating a new detection kit is a whole different story.  Here I just
made a checklist of all the antibodies we do and had the doc sign off on
each stain with the new kit.
If you want you can do a slide of each with same control one with the iview
and one with the ultraview.
All depends on how your doc wants to validate it.

Vanessa

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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vickroy, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:58 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Changing from Ventana IView Detection Kit to Ventana
Ultraview kit

We are trying to decide how to validate our stains when we switch from
Ventana's IView kit to their Ultraview Kit.

I have reviewed the CAP question on this and find the following wording:

The performance of new lots of antibody and detection system reagents are
compared with old lots before or concurrently with being placed into
service.
Note:   Parallel staining is required to control for
variables such as disparity in the lots of detection reagents or instrument
function.  New lots of primary and detection reagents must be
   compared to the previous lot using an
appropriate panel of control tissues.   This comparison must be made on
slides cut from the same control block.

Evidence:   Written procedure and records of verification of new reagent
lots.

For new lots of antibodies we have been running the new lot and comparing
with the previous lot by reviewing the control slide from the old lot to the
new lot.

Is this sufficient?   Wording that bothers me is appropriate panel of
tissues

Thanks for your input.

James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)

Surgical  and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor Memorial Medical Center
217-788-4046



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