Re: [Histonet] prostate biopsy kits (LONG message sorry)

2009-04-15 Thread Dana Spears 
Jodi,
I order my prostate kits from PATH-TEC.  I met them at the NSH and they
are such an awesome company!  They customized the whole kit AND reqs for
me.  They even fold the reqs and pack them in the box!  I can't say
enough about this company-i was just amazed at the service and price. 
They really go above and beyond and can even set it up so your clients
go online and just order your kits and they get billed to you.  

Good luck! 
Dana Spears, HTL 
Laboratory Manager  Methodist Medical CTR  309.672.4930 (office)
309.255.7214 (cell) 309.279.3768 (fax) 
 
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From: Putnam, Jodi putn...@ggclinic.com 
To:  histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
 
Sent: 4/15/2009 5:48:19 PM 
Subject: [Histonet] prostate biopsy kits (LONG message sorry) 
 
Hi again. 
I am in need of information and pricing on prostate biopsy kits. We have
just started taking on prostate biopsies. 
The kit that I am receiving holds 12 20 ml specimen bottles and they
are made by Bostwick Labs. The urologists  
were sending them out to be processed but now that we have a pathology
lab, it is in everyone's best interest to keep 
them in house. I love that we can give a quicker turnaround time for the
doctors that are used to sending them out.  
My problem is this, once I use up all of the kits that the urologists
have already bought, I will need my own. I need to keep the same 
order that they are used to, all of the 12 sites are preprinted below
the hole that holds the specimen bottle in the box. (Maybe the 
list is a standard template used by all doctors now for prostate
biopsies, I don't know.) 
I was going to try to come up with something myself to save money,
homemade. I don't have time to shop around for the best price, 
but is it best for me to buy the kits? I just did a quick glance online
and saw some kits (12 specimen) for 7.50/each. Is that good or 
can I do better? OR do any of you have an idea for the homemade version?
I just need to make sure that my sites are exactly 
in the order that the doctors are used to seeing and 3 rows, left to
right, top to bottom. I was going to reuse the boxes if they were 
 not visibly contaminated and just put in 20 ml prefilled formalin
bottles, but I am not sure that is a good thing. I worry about  
hygiene, cross contamination etc. Any help or words of wisdom would be
great. If I had the time I would shop around but I have 
no spare time right now. I thought about getting something like the old
plastic test tube racks (only with bigger holes) and putting 
solvent resistant labels on them and sanitizing them prior to returning
to the urology dept. with new prefilled formalin bottles. 
Is that feasible?  
Any sales reps that are on the histonet, please email me any quotes on
the kits. I am having a hard time fielding all the phone calls 
right now. 
Thanks so much.  
Jodi 
  
Jodi Putnam (HT,ASCP) 
Graves Gilbert Clinic 
Pathology Department 
201 Park Street 
Bowling Green, KY 42102 
(270) 393-2728 (voicemail) 
(270) 393-2795  
Fax : (270) 393-2736 
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Re: [Histonet] Benchmark XT

2009-04-08 Thread Dana Spears 
I would definitely check your slides - we have found that when we get a
bad lot of charged slides, things start washing off on the XT -
regardless of detection, antibodies, whatever.  It was happening to us
on some tissue types and not on others, but a new batch of charged
slides did the trick.  
 
I've never had to dry 60 min in the oven - 20 does it for us when we
aren't having slide issues.  
 
Also, if you are using any Sta-on or any adhesive in your waterbath
with the charged slides it can cause the slides to sort of repel the
tissue and negate the charged effect again certain tissues will
fall off, others stay on   
 
Dana Spears, HTL(ASCP)
Laboratory Manager
Methodist Medical Center
(309) 672-4930 (office)
(309) 255-7214 (cell)
(309) 279-3768 (fax)
dspe...@mmci.org

 Phyllis Thaxton dch...@yahoo.com 4/8/2009 8:43:36 AM 

Is anyone out there having problems with tissue washing off the slides
using the Ultraview kit from Ventana? 

Mainly we are having problems with  needle biopsies washing off
(prostate, liver). Fixation and processing is always the same 4-6  hours
fixation, 3 hour biopsy processing run on VIP processor, cut no thicker
than 4 microns, airdried at least 30 minutes, baked at 59-60 for at
least one hour prior to staining. The instrument's calibrations have
been checked and are fine. 

We never had this problem with the iView kit using the Nexes, doing
pretreatments offline.

Any help, ideas, info will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Phyllis Thaxton HT(ASCP)QIHC
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401



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