[Histonet] Excell Plus

[Cheryl Crowder via Histonet]

Hello - has anyone used the non-formalin fixative Excell Plus?  I have a
researcher who wants to use it. I'm particularly interested in it's
dehydration ability since it is mostly alcohol based.  Thank you.

Cheryl Crowder
LSU Ag Center
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[Histonet] Mohs Tissue

[Zimmerman, Billie via Histonet]

How many of you are fixing and embedding residual tissue from Mohs surgery?

Billie Zimmerman MT(ASCP)QIHC

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Re: [Histonet] cutting test

[Rathborne, Toni via Histonet]

If a "practical" interview is permitted, I would also have the applicant embed 
some control tissue. You can tell a lot about a person's habits by observing 
them actually work. Can they talk and embed/cut at the same time, or do they 
stop working? Are they conscientious about specimen identification, 
cross-contamination, and quality? Or do they just speed through their work 
without paying attention, or are they too slow for your expectations?
Quite often these traits will carry over to other areas of a person's work 
habits, and you may find that this method is beneficial.

Toni




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Please be sure to clear any use of a "cutting test" during the interview 
process with your institution's legal department.  If an interviewee should cut 
themselves, the liability could be steep.  If you have a clearly defined 
minimum cutting speed/quality, a better solution would be to hire the best fit 
for your lab, then, if they can't meet  the minimum requirements, then it's 
easy to let them go during the probationary period.  That's what it's for.
Terri

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
ph: 215-938-3689
fax: 215-938-3874
Care, Comfort, and Heal

Today's Topics:
   2. Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs (Erin McCarthy)
   3. Re: Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs (Jay Lundgren)
   4. Re: Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs
  (Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID))

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:19:00 -0600
From: Erin McCarthy  Hi All,

I work at a Start-Up and I was our first hire. I have been practicing since
2011 when I got my certification. However, we are looking to expand, what would 
you suggest our baseline technical competencies be for a position that focuses 
exclusively on cutting and IHC. In an interview it is hard to access what a 
person is capable of, would it be acceptable for me to have applicants performs 
a cutting time test?
I am open to hiring new techs, but I want to make sure we are not hamstrung by 
a great interviewer with a lacking technical skill set.
Thanks!
Erin McCarthy, HT (ASCP)
Histotechnician
Tempus Labs
600 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago IL 60654
Ph:(312) 638-6344 Ext.3835



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[Histonet] FW: Call for abstracts

[Linda Margraf via Histonet]

Here is a message I am posting  from Melinda….


Begin forwarded message:
From: "Hamilton, Melinda A" 
mailto:melinda.hamil...@bannerhealth.com>>
Date: January 8, 2018 at 5:10:45 PM CST

The ARIZONA SOCIETY FOR HISTOTECHNOLOGY 2018.  CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. Friends and 
Colleagues, we are now accepting Abstracts Submissions for the 2018 Arizona 
Society for Histotechnology Regional Symposium that will be held June 1-3 in 
Phoenix Arizona. We are looking for Management, IHC, Special Stains, Routine 
Histology, Molecular and MOHs. Please submit your abstracts to Antonia Miller 
(alvmiller...@gmail.com) no later than March 
1,2018.




Melinda A Hamilton
Histotechnician/ MOHs/ Cryo Lab
Arizonia Society for Histotechnology President
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

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[Histonet] Happy New Year!

[Pam Barker via Histonet]

Hi Histonetters!
Happy New Year
Here’s to a terrific 2018!!!
How did you ring in the New Year? 
I hope you had fun ushering out 2017 and welcoming in 2018.  
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If none of these positions interest you and you are on the hunt for a new
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Re: [Histonet] cutting test

[Terri Braud via Histonet]

Please be sure to clear any use of a "cutting test" during the interview 
process with your institution's legal department.  If an interviewee should cut 
themselves, the liability could be steep.  If you have a clearly defined 
minimum cutting speed/quality, a better solution would be to hire the best fit 
for your lab, then, if they can't meet  the minimum requirements, then it's 
easy to let them go during the probationary period.  That's what it's for.
Terri

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
ph: 215-938-3689
fax: 215-938-3874
Care, Comfort, and Heal

Today's Topics:
   2. Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs (Erin McCarthy)
   3. Re: Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs (Jay Lundgren)
   4. Re: Suggested Requirements for new uncertified HTs
  (Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID))

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:19:00 -0600
From: Erin McCarthy 
Hi All,

I work at a Start-Up and I was our first hire. I have been practicing since
2011 when I got my certification. However, we are looking to expand, what would 
you suggest our baseline technical competencies be for a position that focuses 
exclusively on cutting and IHC. In an interview it is hard to access what a 
person is capable of, would it be acceptable for me to have applicants performs 
a cutting time test?
I am open to hiring new techs, but I want to make sure we are not hamstrung by 
a great interviewer with a lacking technical skill set.
Thanks!
Erin McCarthy, HT (ASCP)
Histotechnician
Tempus Labs
600 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago IL 60654
Ph:(312) 638-6344 Ext.3835



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