[Histonet] San Diego Chapter meeting

The San Diego chapter will be having our next meeting on Sept 10 from 4:30 to 7 at Pfizer. The topic will be on laboratory safety and hopefull we will come up with more topics for future meetings. There will be a light dinner and everyone is welcome but please let us know you are planning to a

RE: [Histonet] FNA SLIDES

We make two slides. One air dried DQ for immediate assessment, second alcohol fixed for PAP in the lab. The "spreader" we either stain with Giemsa or rehydrate (using saline) and stain with PAP in lab. Triage as follows: If inflammatory, second pass for microbiology. If malignant, if required, the

RE: [Histonet] uneven alternating sections on cryostat

Thank you very much to everyone who has provided suggestions to help me fix my uneven section problem. I am preparing some more samples (spinal cord) at the moment and will see how things go later this week. I've summarized the suggestions below (in case someone else has the problem and finds t

[Histonet] Schmitz, Sandy is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting 08/31/2009 and will not return until 09/03/2009. I will reply to your message upon my return. Thank you. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more in

RE: [Histonet] FNA SLIDES

A lot depends on the pathologist and the nature of the specimen. For CT guided biopsies where you get a core and do touch preps. One slide per pass should be sufficient. For FNA's where you get fluid I make two slides per staining medium (some pathologists want Toluene Blue and Diff Quick. Some

[Histonet] FNA SLIDES

A question has arisen for us- How many slides do you (should you) make per pass for pathologist for adequacy and/or diagnosis? What about CT guided biopsies of liver, lung, "masses" etc. Thanks in advance for your input. Jane Jane Moose LIS Coordinator Newberry County Memorial Ho

RE: [Histonet] COX-2

Why a mouse Ab? I have two anti-Cox-2 rabbit polys that seem to co-localise. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

Re: [Histonet] Gloves

I would like to know the answer to this one too. I've been using nitrile gloves, which are rated as having moderate protection against xylene (they slow down how quickly xylene goes through them?) The brand I use is what's in our stockroom: Kimberly Clark and they come in a pretty purple. :-)

[Histonet] Gloves

I'd like some advice about gloves. What brand/vendor are people using that are approved for use with xylene? Thanks, Jan Mahoney Omaha Sponsored by Catholic Health Initiatives and Immanuel Health Systems, Alegent Health is faithful to the healing ministry of Jes

[Histonet] RELIA Histology Careers Update. Summer is almost over! Can you Believe it?

Hi Histonetters! It is hard to believe the summer is almost over. The kids are going back to school and Labor Day is next week!! Before we know it will be Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and even New Years Day!! Let’s Get The Ball Rolling!!! Looking for a new job in the Fall? Planning a job

RE: [Histonet] COX-2

Richard, We use the COX2 for Cayman chemicals and have never had any issues with it. It stores at -20 once you rehydrate and aliquot. Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Northwestern University Pathology Core Facility ECOGPCO-RL 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723

RE: [Histonet] EM processing

We make our own from commercially available components. It takes on an average 3-4 days from fixative to cured block. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histopa...@aol.com Sent: Friday, August