[Histonet] MTA-1 Microarrayer
Hello all, Anybody have any idea where to get the batteries for this arrayer? Regular 2450 batteries are too thick. Batteries plus was a no go. See some on Amazon but not sure if they are thin enough. Thanks, Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Senior Research Tech Pathology Core Facility Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 b-freder...@northwestern.edumailto:b-freder...@northwestern.edu ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] MTA-1 Microarrayer
You're going to want to look for the Renata brand batteries. They're a bit thinner and fit the MTA-1 perfectly. Tom Bernice Frederick 05/04/15 9:58 AM Hello all, Anybody have any idea where to get the batteries for this arrayer? Regular 2450 batteries are too thick. Batteries plus was a no go. See some on Amazon but not sure if they are thin enough. Thanks, Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Senior Research Tech Pathology Core Facility Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 b-freder...@northwestern.edu ___ 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] MTA-1 Microarrayer
Hello Bernice, we have tried out several and found that enercell works. CR2450 their number is 23-808. WE might have found them on amazon. Cannot remember. Helen L. Fedor Oncology Tissue Services, Manager Johns Hopkins University 411 N. Caroline St Room 310 Basement| Bond St Annex Building Baltimore, MD | 21231 410-614-1660 http://tmalab.jhmi.edu/ -Original Message- From: Bernice Frederick [mailto:b-freder...@northwestern.edu] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 10:53 AM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] MTA-1 Microarrayer Hello all, Anybody have any idea where to get the batteries for this arrayer? Regular 2450 batteries are too thick. Batteries plus was a no go. See some on Amazon but not sure if they are thin enough. Thanks, Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Senior Research Tech Pathology Core Facility Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 b-freder...@northwestern.edumailto:b-freder...@northwestern.edu ___ 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] zero based position - Arkansas
Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock will have a zero based position posted this week.This is a temporary position that could possibly work into a fulltime position if you are the right person for the job. The zero based position will have no benefits. The hours will be from 7:00am until 1:00pm, Monday through Friday. Please contact me directly if you are interested. Thanks. Hazel Horn Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Transcription Anatomic Pathology Arkansas Children's Hospital 1 Children's Way | Slot 820| Little Rock, AR 72202 501.364.4240 direct | 501.364.1241 fax hor...@archildrens.orgmailto:hor...@archildrens.org archildrens.orghttp://www.archildrens.org/ ** The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] IHC billing question
Hi Joyce, What about if you are using 88360 for Estrogen receptor and Progesterone receptor? An example would be an order for ER, PR, p63, AE1/3? Would it be 88360 x 2, 88342, 88341 or would be it 88360 x 2 and 88341 x 2? I'm not sure if the quantitative charge takes precedence over the 88342 being the first identifiable antibody or if they are stand alone? Thanks, Jessica Piche,HT (ASCP) Waterbury Hospital -Original Message- From: Weems, Joyce K. [mailto:joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 2:22 PM To: 'Michael Mihalik'; 'Horn, Hazel V'; 'Cartun, Richard'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC billing question It's per specimen - 88342 for the first ab on a specimen, 88341 for ea additional on same specimen. (Not multiple blocks on same specimen). Joyce Weems Pathology Manager 678-843-7376 Phone 678-843-7831 Fax joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org www.saintjosephsatlanta.org 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30342 This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Saint Joseph's Hospital and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. -Original Message- From: Michael Mihalik [mailto:m...@pathview.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 1:06 PM To: 'Horn, Hazel V'; Weems, Joyce K.; 'Cartun, Richard'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] IHC billing question Am I misunderstanding, or should it be per specimen and not per case? Michael Mihalik PathView Systems | cell: 214.733.7688 | 800.798.3540 | fax: 952.241.7369 -Original Message- From: Horn, Hazel V [mailto:hor...@archildrens.org] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 8:50 AM To: 'Weems, Joyce K.'; 'Cartun, Richard'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC billing question We have 2 billing codes for IHC. One for the first IHC and another for all additional IHC's on the same case. Hazel Horn Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Transcription Anatomic Pathology Arkansas Children's Hospital 1 Children's Way | Slot 820| Little Rock, AR 72202 501.364.4240 direct | 501.364.1241 fax hor...@archildrens.org archildrens.org -Original Message- From: Weems, Joyce K. [mailto:joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 8:13 AM To: 'Cartun, Richard'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC billing question I do it every day - change every first to 88342. Joyce Weems Pathology Manager 678-843-7376 Phone 678-843-7831 Fax joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org www.saintjosephsatlanta.org 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30342 This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Saint Joseph's Hospital and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cartun, Richard Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 5:33 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] IHC billing question Effective January 1, 2015, our LIS team removed all of the CPT 88342 codes for IHC from our CoPath stain dictionary since you couldn't tell whether a Cytokeratin-7 was being performed as an 88341 or as an 88342. Now, as you might have expected, none of the inpatient IHC testing has been accounted for (the outpatient IHC has been billed manually from the pathology report), and they want someone to go back and enter all the CPT codes into the system (hopefully, not me!). Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks (I think). 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) 972-1596 (860) 545-2204 Fax This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including any attachments. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Re: [Histonet] Centrifuge for cytospins
Thanks for sharing Joe! :) Jessica -Original Message- From: Joe W. Walker, Jr. [mailto:joewal...@rrmc.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 2:31 PM To: Cooper, Brian; Piche, Jessica; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: Centrifuge for cytospins In all of my experiences with cytology preparations, the first step would be to centrifuge the specimen. This concentrates the cells for the next step; cytocentrifuge, which is used for the presentation of the cells for evaluation. Here is an excerpt from our procedure: 3. Label a 50 ml centrifuge tube with the cytology accession label. 4. Mix the specimen using a vortex mixer for 10-30 seconds. 5. Pour contents of specimen from the original container into the 50 ml centrifuge tube and cap the tube. 6. Centrifuge the specimen at 600g for 10 minutes (program 1) or 1200g for 5 minutes (program 2). 7. Pour off the supernatant and re-suspend the sediment in 0.5 to 1ml of Cytospin (green) fluid, depending on the cell button size. Evaluating the number of drops you might need for your cytocentrifuge can be performed by taking a crop from the sediment, placing it on a slide, placing a 24x50mm cover glass on the specimen and then observing the cellularity of the specimen. I have document that illustrates this but I don't think the list serve will allow attachments. You can email me privately for this document. Joe W. Walker, Jr. MS, SCT(ASCP)CM Manager of Anatomical Pathology, Microbiology and Reference Rutland Regional Medical Center 160 Allen Street, Rutland, VT 05701 P: 802.747.1790 F: 802.747.6525 Email joewal...@rrmc.orgwww.rrmc.org Our Vision: To be the Best Community Healthcare System in New England Rutland Regional...Vermont's 1st Hospital to Achieve Both ANCC Magnet Recognition(r) and the Governor's Award for Performance Excellence -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cooper, Brian Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:10 PM To: Piche, Jessica; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] RE: Centrifuge for cytospins We make our BAL cytospins directly--no centrifuging first. Brian -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Piche, Jessica Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:58 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Centrifuge for cytospins Hi Everyone, Just asking a quick question for our Cyto department. Are BAL slides centrifuged and then made in to cytospin slides or do you just make the cytospin slides with no centrifuging? Thank you, Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments contain confidential information that is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete these documents. Copyright (c) Waterbury Hospital ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this original message. - ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This message (and any included attachments) is from Rutland Regional Health Services and is intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail. Thank You CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments contain confidential information that is legally privileged. This
Re: [Histonet] Centrifuge for cytospins
Thanks for sharing Brian. Jessica -Original Message- From: Cooper, Brian [mailto:bcoo...@chla.usc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:10 PM To: Piche, Jessica; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: Centrifuge for cytospins We make our BAL cytospins directly--no centrifuging first. Brian -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Piche, Jessica Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:58 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Centrifuge for cytospins Hi Everyone, Just asking a quick question for our Cyto department. Are BAL slides centrifuged and then made in to cytospin slides or do you just make the cytospin slides with no centrifuging? Thank you, Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments contain confidential information that is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete these documents. Copyright (c) Waterbury Hospital ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this original message. - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments contain confidential information that is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete these documents. Copyright (c) Waterbury Hospital ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything
Hi Gayle, Ray, Brian and Histonetters, It does appear the computer that runs our list server and about 20 others, lists.utsouthwestern.edu, is currently down or not answering. This server is run by the IT Department at UT Southwest. Sometimes computers crash and it can take time to fix the problem. They may also shut down less critical servers when the University needs priority on their bandwidth. I know they have some smart IT people and will probably have it back up soon. In the meantime, it won't be possible to subscribe or unsubscribe. It does look like messages are getting through, so they probably have the email routed through a different server. Hope this helps. Marvin -Original Message- From: Cooper, Brian [mailto:bcoo...@chla.usc.edu] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 7:07 PM To: koelli...@comcast.net; callis, gayle Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything I got Gayle's email as well, but when I went to Histonet's page though Firefox and Google, got the Unable to Connect message when I clicked on a bunch of the Monthly hyperlinks. Same message for everything back until the Histonet, November, 2008 hyperlink. They seem to work prior to this date. Tried IE as well, same result. Brian -Original Message- From: koelli...@comcast.net [mailto:koelli...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 3:55 PM To: callis, gayle Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything I got your message Gayle (through Histonet) although haven't heard much at all weekend otherwise. Use IE. Ray in Lake Forest Park, WA - Original Message - From: Gayle Callis gayle.cal...@bresnan.net To: Histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 3:21:01 PM Subject: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything Dear Histonettters, At the risk of being pesky, is Histonet having problems. I generally go to Histonet via Firefox/Google and haven't been able to get to the website for two days. I only hope someone out there can even get this message. I have tried finding Marvin Hanna's email address. Stymied and dead in the water. I would love to unsubscribe, but not sure anyone gets this message. Gayle Callis ___ 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 - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this original message. - ___ 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] Can't log into Histonet to do anything
I got your message Gayle (through Histonet) although haven't heard much at all weekend otherwise. Use IE. Ray in Lake Forest Park, WA - Original Message - From: Gayle Callis gayle.cal...@bresnan.net To: Histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 3:21:01 PM Subject: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything Dear Histonettters, At the risk of being pesky, is Histonet having problems. I generally go to Histonet via Firefox/Google and haven't been able to get to the website for two days. I only hope someone out there can even get this message. I have tried finding Marvin Hanna's email address. Stymied and dead in the water. I would love to unsubscribe, but not sure anyone gets this message. Gayle Callis ___ 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] Can't log into Histonet to do anything
Dear Histonettters, At the risk of being pesky, is Histonet having problems. I generally go to Histonet via Firefox/Google and haven't been able to get to the website for two days. I only hope someone out there can even get this message. I have tried finding Marvin Hanna's email address. Stymied and dead in the water. I would love to unsubscribe, but not sure anyone gets this message. Gayle Callis ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything
I got Gayle's email as well, but when I went to Histonet's page though Firefox and Google, got the Unable to Connect message when I clicked on a bunch of the Monthly hyperlinks. Same message for everything back until the Histonet, November, 2008 hyperlink. They seem to work prior to this date. Tried IE as well, same result. Brian -Original Message- From: koelli...@comcast.net [mailto:koelli...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 3:55 PM To: callis, gayle Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything I got your message Gayle (through Histonet) although haven't heard much at all weekend otherwise. Use IE. Ray in Lake Forest Park, WA - Original Message - From: Gayle Callis gayle.cal...@bresnan.net To: Histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 3:21:01 PM Subject: [Histonet] Can't log into Histonet to do anything Dear Histonettters, At the risk of being pesky, is Histonet having problems. I generally go to Histonet via Firefox/Google and haven't been able to get to the website for two days. I only hope someone out there can even get this message. I have tried finding Marvin Hanna's email address. Stymied and dead in the water. I would love to unsubscribe, but not sure anyone gets this message. Gayle Callis ___ 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 - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this original message. - ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
