Hello Histoland!
I have 2 permanent (routine) Histology positions available at this time.
One is a rotating shift, the other 4am-12pm. If you are interested, or
know someone who maybe, please contact me at asac...@titanmed.com. I
look forward to hearing from you!!! :)
April Sachau
Titan Medica
Hello to all. I have a position in *Corpus Christi**, **TX** area. *If this
is not the job for you, however, you are interested in exploring new
opportunities please send me a copy of your updated resume. Also, we offer
to pay you up to $1000 for any referral that we place in a position, so
please
You can view the MSDS for CBG Biotech's "Formula 83" xylene substitute at
www.cbgbiotech.com/msds/MSDS-Formula83071007.pdf
It's described as a "naphthenic hydrocarbon blend".
I'd note the low flash point (7 C, 45 F), considerably lower than
xylene's. Other aliphatic or naphthenic (cycloalkane) m
We use it in our processors and it works wonderfully. It does have a
strong odor and that's why we only use it in our processors. It also
distills great.
Jodie Robertson, HT (ASCP) QIHC
Pathology Sciences Medical Group
Histology Day Supervisor
183 E. 8th Ave.
Chico, CA 95926
530-891-6244
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We have a BSL3 laboratory with a cryostat (TB research). The cryostat user
asked me for the best method to decontaminate the cryostat. My suggestion was
to clean the cryostat (while cold) with 95% ethanol followed by absolute
ethanol after wards. Then to defrost the cryostat and clean with a str
Our histology department currently uses Cerner Millenium Pathnet. Our
specimens have always arrived with hard copy requisitions, but our surgical
departments are installing the Cerner surgical application - Surginet. Is
anyone familiar with using this system to electronically 'order' the pathol
I have used Formula 83 for 4 years. I use it in the processor, stainer and
for coverslipping (by hand). The paths like it and we like it. We also
recycle it.
Joyce Cline, H.T. (ASCP)
Technical Specialist
Hagerstown Medical Lab.
301-665-4980
fax 301-665-4941
-Original Message-
From: histo
Hi, all
Thank you very much to the people who responded to my email and
gave me a lot of suggestions & information. I will work on it.
Thank you again and have a nice Monday,
Ann
On Fri Apr 10 17:20:34 EDT 2009, Bernie Taupin
wrote:
Hi Ann,
How are things down there in "Flodrida"?
Ok all you sales reps. I need quotes early this week!! for an open system
immunohistochemistry autostainer. This is for a very small research lab
doing mainly mouse and rat histology. Ideally I would also like it to do in
situ hybridization, but systems without this are fine. I also need to have
an
Formula 83 costs 33% less than xylene (Formula 83 = 0.67 xylene).
rené J.
--- On Mon, 4/13/09, maureen bukhari wrote:
From: maureen bukhari
Subject: [Histonet] Xylene substitute
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 11:41 AM
Does anyone out there in histoland use
Gloria,
We have had issues with our small biopsies in the past also. We
actually had several things going on that we were able to solve with a
little help from our friends in the field!
Rene's explaination is very valid as it was also one of our issues.
Since your processing schedule/rotation so
Maureen,
I have used Formula 83 from CBG for several years now and have no complaints
about the product. I use it in processing, staining and on my coverslipper. I
also recycle it.
Linda
Linda Blazek HT (ASCP)
Manager/Supervisor
GI Pathology of Dayton
7415 Brandt Pike
Huber Heights, OH 45424
Registration is now open for our 2nd NSH Summer Symposium. This year's
2 day event will be held in the exciting city of Las Vegas, Nevada on
June 15-16, 2009.
Don't miss this cost effective opportunity to earn up to 10 contact
hours while sharing ideas with other attendees in your field. Seats a
Does anyone out there in histoland use Formula 83 by CBG Biotech as a
replacement for xylene. If so, how does it compare monetarily and as a
clearant?
Maureen Bukhari MLT (CSMLS)
Histology Technologist
Lab 2B26A
HRIC Building,
3330 Hospital Drive, NW,
University of Calgary
Faculty of Vete
Gloria:
Frequently the problems that appear in the sections are attributed to
processing defects when they usually originate before processing, during
fixation.
Small pieces of tissue left to dry before being placed in the fixative. You
write that sometimes happens to one biopsy in a group of se
We are seeing this opaque artifact in some tissues. It can affect one biopsy
but not the two others in the same cassette. It is very random, appears as
this white haze, obscuring nuclear detail, making the slides very difficult to
read. Thinking it was water in the processor, I did a test run
Hi histonetters,
I had some questions about travelling and would like to be contacted
offline from a few of you experts that have done this or are currently
buzzing around the country. Thanks!
MaryAnn Dixon BS
Biological Scientist
Anatomic Pathology
UF Veterinary Medical Center
(
Hi Histonetters!
I am reposting this in case you missed it over the holiday weekend
I hope you are having a great day. I have a new opportunity I want to
tell you about!
I am working with a premier client in Springfield, MA. My client is in
need of a lead histotechnologist for a busy community s
Hi All,
It would not be a paraffin sections but you could do a whole
human foot with a cryomacrotome (frozen). It can section a small monkey
(sagittally) so I think a human foot would be not a problem. There are
contract labs (Convance and Quest Pharmaceuticals that do contract wh
Is he still here? I thought he'd gone, at least the moderator told me so
last week; Oh well never mind but I wish people wouldn't reply to his/ her
(must be a 'his') as it gets round my outlook rule and he doesn't go to the
trash can.
Please don't reply to whatever 'he' goads you into; please resp
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