Re: [Histonet] Re: Brain frozen sections

2009-10-07 Thread Anne van Binsbergen
HA! excellent - I ran a neuropath lab for 8 years and we ALWAYS used smears - I used to make the smears and stain the slide - by the time the Path go to the lab all he had to do was read them!! ...but here it is different - they insist on frozens and my techs know that most of the time there will

Re: [Histonet] Licensing?

2009-10-07 Thread Rene J Buesa
The best thing for you to do is to visit the Florida society for histotechnology website. Google the name. René J. --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Komal Gada kjg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Komal Gada kjg...@gmail.com Subject: [Histonet] Licensing? To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tuesday,

[Histonet] Path lab manager position

2009-10-07 Thread jeri
I am seeking a Pathology Manager for a hospital system located in a great city in the Pacific NW. The manager would oversee three supervisors who manage Histo, Cyto and Pathology Transcription. There are about 60 Full Time employees working under these Supervisors. The position of Pathology

RE: [Histonet] Licensing?

2009-10-07 Thread Feher, Stephen
Here's the link to the Fla DOH Licensure Offices. http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/med-boards.html Steve -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Re: [Histonet] frozen myocardium sections

2009-10-07 Thread Geoff McAuliffe
You could but it would be too cold and might crack the tissue. Isopentane becomes a solid and mitagates, for lack of a better word, the coldness of liquid nitrogen. A good alternative would be to cool the rod with dry ice which is only about -80C or so. Geoff Merced M Leiker wrote: Hi

[Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread srishan
Hi All, I know this question has been asked before. What is everyone doing about cutting and preparing slides and blocks for legal purposes as well as requests from other hospitals or patients. Is there any charges and how much are the charges? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

[Histonet] CD3 on mouse tissue

2009-10-07 Thread Jennifer Campbell
Hi Histonetters, I'm trying to work up CD3 on mouse tissue. I knew I would have to get a mouse-on-mouse kit since CD3 is a rabbit polyclonal but do you use some sort of rodent kit to eliminate background staining? My secondary antibody is part of a multilink kit from Biogenex and is capable

RE: [Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread Rathborne, Toni
We do not charge for recuts or send outs. Our Medical Records department charges $1 per page for reports. Charging is something that we have discussed for many years, though. I am also interested in what other institutions doe. It takes a lot of time for packing and record keeping even if

RE: [Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread Smith Wanda
Good Morning to All, I have developed a fee schedule for legal cases and I have a form letter that I send to the offices before any slides are sent. We only furnish 1 HE and 2 unstained slides per block, if tissue is adequate. We never send original slides and we never send blocks. My

Re: [Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread DKBoyd
For legal cases we charge $25.00 per slide and send on their FedEx account. We do not charge for patient referral work, it is considered a courtesy for using our facility. Debbie M. Boyd, HT(ASCP) I Chief Histologist I Southside Regional Medical Center I 200 Medical Park Boulevard I

RE: [Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL,MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread Nita Searcy
I have been charging for legal cases for years; other institutions there is no charge---patient carte issue. We have a $60.00 search fee ( transcription histology expense offset) ; if we recut- $25.00 for each HE; special stains- $50; immunohistochemistry- $75.00. Nita Nita Searcy, HT/HTL

RE: [Histonet] CHARGING FOR SLIDES TO BE CUT AND SENT OUT FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL PURPOSES

2009-10-07 Thread Vacca Jessica
I would like to know how you went about establishing the search fee, there are many times that these legal companies like Litigation management, Record trak, central records depository that just do a mass letter requesting records, and there is no pathology to be found, then they ask for you to

Re: [Histonet] Histology positions

2009-10-07 Thread Ben Spirto
Hi; I am looking for part-time (nights and weekends) position as a HTL or HT or any lab position in Chicagoland area. Experience in immunohistochemistry. Please reply to: brod...@gmail.com Thank you On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Paula Wilder hist...@hotmail.com wrote: I have two full time

[Histonet] Pathology Manager position with Providence in Portland, Oregon

2009-10-07 Thread Fletcher, Annette M
Dear Histonetters, (no recruiters please) Providence Health and Services is seeking a Pathology Manager in Portland, OR to oversee three supervisors who manage Histo, Cyto and Pathology Transcription. This is a new position! There are about 60 Full Time employees working under these

[Histonet] regulations or procedures for pre-labeling slides???

2009-10-07 Thread jcarpenter764
Does anyone know where I can find the protocal or know the protocal for prelabeling slides before cutting the tissue? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] tris buffer

2009-10-07 Thread Perry, Margaret
I am trying a protocol that uses 0.1M Tris/0.15M sodium chloride pH7.5, which is what I normally use. At another step in the protocol it says to wash with 0.05M Tris buffer pH 7.5. What do I use to make the 0.05M Tris buffer? Is it a combination of Tris HCl and Tris base without sodium

RE: [Histonet] Licensing?

2009-10-07 Thread Jaime Plata
Contact State of Department of Health Division of Medical Quality Assurance. Be careful in your selection. I did move from Va down here and the housing (realstate) and pay hourly it is no as good we thought. Jaime E Plata BS. MT. HTL (ASCP) Clinical Lab Supervisor Supervisor State of Florida

[Histonet] (no subject)

2009-10-07 Thread Santiago, Albert
Hello fellow histonetters, I was hoping someone can tell me how long it is required to store patient serum for indirect immunofluorescence and patient tissue frozen in OCT medium for direct immunofluorescence. Also, how long do we store the slides produced by these two procedures? Also, the source

[Histonet] Licensing for Massachusetts?

2009-10-07 Thread Michelle MacVeigh-Aloni
Hi all, I live in Los Angeles and have HT and HTL from CA. I would like to move to Cape Cod in couple of years. I know that one needs a special Florida license to work in Fl, but do I need a special license from Massachusetts to be able to do histology there? I would appreciate any info

[Histonet] (no subject)

2009-10-07 Thread Moody, Robert
Hi all can some one please give me the web site to apply for newyork state license ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet