who out there is using automation for semen analysis and what equipment is
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Does anyone have a reagent labeling policy that they would be willing to
share. Thanks in advance
Allison Scott HT(ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
LBJ Hospital
Houston, Texas 77026
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I do FNA biospy and adequacy at bedside with radiologists and pulmonary
docs I use 88173 this includes tech component.
Is anyone aware of a CPT code for a Tech assisted bone marrow aspiration
and biopsy? From time to time we have been helping the Oncologist and
Radiologist on these procedures.
Any thoughts or experiences with my fellow HT/HTL's(ASCP). What the big
advantage do all these facilities think there gaining by going with
unregistered techs, especially when theres always ongoing quality issues when
theres so many trained certified HT looking for work? In my area of the
Hello all,
Can any of you all with experience immunostaining brain sections please help.
My sections are almost completely washing off the slides. I am using 10% NBF
fixed canine brain sections. Embedded in paraffin and sectioned at 4 microns
on plus slides with distilled water in the water
A hospital that relies on uncertified techs to do histology work is motivated
by the pursue of costs cuts (you can call it greed!) and shows
total disregard for quality of work and patient care. They may end losing all
those savings when settling a legal case.
René J.
--- On Wed, 2/11/09,
Many areas have to go to unregistered techs out of necessity due to the high
vacancy rate in our field since the ASCP made changes to the career path for
the HT board requirements. Many of these facilities have either formal or
informal training and have turned out many very good, high quality
What does quality issues have to do with anything ,Many certifieds have
quality issues as well,It's knowledge and skill that matters.You can go on
all day with this ,but in the end it's can you get it done,available techs
etc.I think it's important to have the best of both worlds.
On Wed,
Just to add to Christina,
Try Gold Plus Slides-Thermo Shandon (previously Erie Scientific).
Linda
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boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Linke, Noelle
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:12 AM
Hi,
my experience is to use lower concentration gel-coated slides or pre-coated
slide purchased from company...dont use home made one if you want to improve.
second, the heating procedure shortly after mounting the frozen sections onto
slides does not help a lot.
My way: mounting sections
Uh oh, here we goagain!
It's just demand and economics in most areas. In the San Francisco area good
luck finding a certified tech. They can command 70K with minimal experience,
which is what Kaiser and the UC medical center are paying. I know one woman who
was working for a service lab
Strangely enough (but not entirely unexpectedly), beauticians and
barbers in this State must be licensed. Histotechs? Nope.
Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)
NM Dept. of Agriculture
Veterinary Diagnostic Services
PO Box 4700
Albuquerque, NM 87106
505-841-2576
Tom:
All you have written is understandable EXCEPT that it doesn't take an advanced
degree to do histology, that reflects the old assumption that if you know how
to cook or to knit you can do histology.
That is an unacceptable position now when patient care should be a major
concern. I agree
I'm fairly certain all hair dressers are licensed.
Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's WaySlot 820
Little Rock, AR 72202
phone 501.364.4240
fax501.364.3155
visit us on the web at:www.archildrens.org
Our reagent labeling policy is this. When you prepare a reagent for use such
as a buffer. The type of buffer is the first line, with the pH. The second
line tells what date it was prepared, if there was an expiration date and the
third line is the person who prepared it. When we receive new
Thanks for all the input. So why am I wasting my cash paying the $45 for an
ascp sticker?
15 years ago I suppose I should have taken the extra time to become at least an
MLT.
Oh well.
Thanks again ya all. :)
Steve
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A few years ago we also had this problem. The brains were terrible. We found
that changing our processing chemicals, especially the wax, more frequently got
rid of most of our problems. We use Fisher plus slides. There is a difference
in plus slides. I recommend you contact several
Wow. My last hair stylist/colorist and I obviously did not share the same
vision of what my hair should look like. I wonder what governing body
licenses hairdressers, and what is the criteria? How many of them have
college? Soon in Illinois you will have to have a license to breed
I am sorry I seemed to have expanded this discussion. I want to be clear on
part of the record. I was OJT trained in the 60's. We had even fewer
schools and options then. The person who trained me had been trained by the
pathologist and the Ann Preece book in histology. She knew what the
I agree with you 100% Tom. No flames here.
Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's WaySlot 820
Little Rock, AR 72202
phone 501.364.4240
fax501.364.3155
visit us on the web at:www.archildrens.org
Well Tom they can throw me on the fire with you!!! I agree I came thru an
MT program ,OJT for Histology (some MT stuff helped) got my Bachelors later
and finally got my MBA- but I have been working a great deal with the new
grads from colleges and while they are very nice, I have to say
It's not about if OTJ techs are better or worse than certified techs, it's
about unifying the field and certification is one way to do that. As it stands
now we are in a divided field of expertise where some places have a total lack
of respect for anyone working in histology and other places go
If a histo tech knows how to do most everything in the clinical lab but is not
an MT, should they be allowed to work there?
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Linda,
I don't think its the same thing. Lab is so automated these days. I worked in
a lab back when we did counts by hand and chemistries by actual chemistry.
Today it's all instrumentation. In histology, although automation is coming
slowly, the work (at least in the smaller histo labs)
Hi all,
I just had a professor come to me asking if I had any tricks to rescue a
section that is partially off its slide. This is formalin-fixed,
paraffin embedded mouse brain, and one section on one slide is half
attached and half floating after antigen retrieval for IHC (no, I don't
know
Don't get me wrong... I'm OJT-trained. I just think that we, as
histotechs doing a very critical and important job, need to be
interested enough in our career/profession that licensure/certification
is the goal of our training. I just can't figure out why someone that
cuts my hair has to be
Then go be a hair dresser,comparing one career to another is not the same
balance.
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Horn, Hazel V wrote:
I'm fairly certain all hair dressers are licensed.
Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's WaySlot
Ditto
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, ddittus...@aol.com wrote:
Well Tom they can throw me on the fire with you!!! I agree I came thru an
MT program ,OJT for Histology (some MT stuff helped) got my Bachelors later
and finally got my MBA- but I have been working a great deal with the new
grads from
Ok, I'll get in on this one too. And I'm sure I'll get blasted... but
anyways (is it Friday yet?)...
Why is everyone fussing SO MUCH about techs who went the school route? Why
do people seem to portray the impression that we can't do the work? (and I
quote I would prefer to have someone who can
Does anyone know if it is possible to fix tissue for IPX in the unbuffered
zinc formalin and then put it on a processor (after it is completely fixed)
with 10% NBF.
Will this undo exactly what you are trying to do? i.e. expose the antigenic
sites
Thanx
Maureen
My 2 cents,
I have both hired certified and OJT in house trained and else where
trained; I personally appreciate the mix. The experience hands show the
new educated minds the manual skills and to quote an old old mentor of
mine they either have skills or they don't
I can remember having
Got your back on tis one, Tom.
I came up through MT then OJT histo. Yes, the education helped. I have since
trained a number of techs who have gone on to complete their registry. Most did
well for themselves. Makes me proud. I admit it was always easier to train a
person with an AS or BS. And
Thank you for an interesting conversation on this matter. I am sorry,
I am sure this issue has come up before, but I am new to the list and
therefore this is the first time I have seen it.
I used to run a clinical lab in the UK 5 years ago (before moving to
San Francisco for a research
I've been listening to this and there's so much controversy. The real
bottom line of this is work ethics. It really doesn't matter if you
have a degree or not. You have to work, and work hard to prove
yourself. I'm proud to be OJT. I worked hard for my certification. I
didn't have the theory
Jodie,
I agree, but a good program cannot be beat. I had 2 years of college back in
the early 1970's and then attended a 12 month accredited histology program. I
passed my registry and have been in this field ever since. However, it was not
until I went back and complete my degree (just a
We use propar for a xylene substitute and refrax as a mountant. These are sold
by Anatech and are created to be more compatable than propar and permount. We
have used permount in the past with the propar though. We don't have any
problems on our coverslipper, and they seem to dry faster.
Claire
Where I come from, trained certified histotechs are rare as hen's teeth, and
the work is looking for them. We employ OJT's because we have no
alternatives. I wish our lab was 100% ASCP certified, program trained HT's.
In all seriousness, my group could use some trained certified histotechs.
If
No, it's called we have a NURSE as a histology lab manager (outpatient clinic).
She doesn't know what should and should not be done. We are even grossing the
dermatology specimens (without extra pay, mind you). Some of us know what the
quality level should be and try to exceed that level on a
Ok... I have to put in my 2 cents..
Bottom line... The other laboratory disciplines must be schooled,
trained, and certified. Histologists were not required in the beginning
because we don't make diagnoses and pathologists could teach us and not
have to pay us as much. That has caused a lack of
wow! I've been sitting here reading these opinions and had to get my 35 years
worth. I was a histotech long before I was a certified histotech. After 25
years of doing histology, I decided to get my certification for my own
gratification, however in doing so it also made quit a difference in
Can someone tell me what control tissue you use when you run a PAS/Alc. Blue
(not separately, but together)
Thanks,
Ann
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I forgot to send this to the group.
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Subject:Re: [Histonet] uncertified techs in Histology
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:07:41 -0800
From: Victor Tobias vic...@pathology.washington.edu
To: Podawiltz, Thomas tpodawi...@lrgh.org
References:
Dear Ms.Marcum,
Congratulations to you for your accomplishments, and they are many. And, to
everyone else in Histoland that has grown with OJTafter all it's experience
on the job that provides the opportunity to learn. Certification is a method
of finding the finish line of the path
Hi,
There is a product that is carried by Newcomer Supply called Liquid
Coverslip. You can use this to coverslip the slide, wait for it to cure,
then soak it in warm water and float the coverslip with the attached
coverslip off. Then pick the section/coverslip up on a slide that you have
more
I am a supporter of certification as a goal. I have no problem with anyone who
is OJT and took their exam. The goal of having everyone certified is to have a
standardization so that we don't have such a disparity in pay. I can tell you
that I have worked at a hospital where the difference in
Does anyone have or knows of a old Ventana Tech Mate 1000 IHC stainer that we
can buy for the parts.Please let me know ,I can send pictures of what it looks
like if need be.
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Finally, someone else gets the point of unifying the field of histology. Thank
you Shelly. It really isn't about where you were trained or went to school or
not. Once we are standardized we are stronger in many ways that will help us
all.
Larry A. Woody
Seattle, Wa.
just add up to 2% triton in antibody dilution and increase the incubation time.
another way is to use floating sections.
2009-02-12
TF
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Bravo!!!
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Dear Histonetters
this is a plea for technical advice from end-users
- who out there is using automation for semen analysis and what
equipment do you recommend?
i am considering the SQA-V from MES
any comments
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Abu Dhabi
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