RE: [Histonet] Downtime Procedure

It would be good to hear any responses to this question. Last October our entire facility's computer system was down for 2 1/2 days. We do have downtime log sheets that we implemented but no formal procedure. Management is now looking at how the crash was handled and for ways to improve things.

RE: [Histonet] RE: Thank You! and text search

I agree Tim, it is impossible to just quickly look something up in Lee Luna's book because there is no indexing, it is a shame because he has some great pictures but if you can't use it then it doesn't do you much good. Freida Carson's new edition is excellent. Patsy Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHC

[Histonet] Lineage tracing in bone

Hi all, As my thesis project moves forward, my commitee has asked me to do some lineage tracing in mouse bone. For those of you not familiar with this, you mate a mouse expressing a Cre recombinase to another mouse expressing a reporter gene with a premature stop codon that can be floxed out. The

[Histonet] Updated Histology Jobs!

Dear Histonet Subscribers, I am a one of the founders of a Healthcare Recruiting firm that specializes in placing Lab Professionals. We work exclusively on permanent positions and have clients across the country. We are completely free of charge to candidates and are currently workin

[Histonet] First time user question - Marmed Saw question

I'm a first time user of this site but wondered if anyone could please help. I need to purchase a Marmed Bone Saw for our labs here in Australia and am having NO luck whatsoever getting a reply via email from Marmed. I used their saw in Singapore and found it excellent but wondered if a

RE: [Histonet] CAP standard for formalin and xyelene testing

We also monitored by task, and by employee with badges. But, even though we've never been over threshold limits, we have an outside company come in once per year. Its a precautionary step lest the least procedural change slip by us. This also acts as an insurance for those that might seek to

RE: [Histonet] CAP standard for formalin and xyelene testing

Not all histotechs work in the same way, so I always monitored the job (as Janice points out) but also the staff member. I remember having different results for staff for the same task. We used to monitor the whole staff (21) during a whole year, meaning that each month there was somebody being

[Histonet] PM and repair vendors - need contact info

Hi All!   Again I need help from you sages of histology.   I offered to find a selection of repair and PM vendors for a laboratory.  National reach is preferred, but if you have a stellar local group -- please share?  I'd like to know of your experience with them and how they came to be your fav

[Histonet] RE: Eosin and Leica XL stainer

Cheryl, Yes, the Lecia XL is supposed to vibrate when it lifts the racks. If it's not doing that, you need to call and ask for some assistance. It sounds to me like there is something either turned off or broken in the setup. Regarding the eosin getting the alcohol pink, that happens to us a

[Histonet] RE: Thank You! and text search

Good luck! But I suggest not getting the Lee Luna text. Unless they have a new edition with corrections, the original edition, which I have, does not have a table of contents and has extensive page number errors in the index making much of the information unavailable. Luna also had an unfortuna

[Histonet] Thank You! and text search

Dear Histonetters, Thank you so so much for replying to my request for information regarding HT qualifications. I look forward studying, learning, and taking the exam (and putting those 2 or 3 letters after my name). Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of the Lee Luna text? Thanks again

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[Histonet] Downtime Procedure

Does anyone have specific downtime procedures for when the Anatomic Pathology area computer goes down? The AP area in my facility does not have a downtime procedure and we ran into an issue yesterday when the computer system went down. We processed, on the fly, as it were, but I now recognize

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Dear Histonet Subscribers, Would you consider relocating if the employer were willing to pay for your relocation? Are you interested in learning about other job opportunities for free? Are you interested in learning what other laborator

[Histonet] Need serviceman for tbs processor in southern California.

Anyone have contact info for a local serviceman that can do PM and regular maintenance on a TBS ATP1? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo

RE: [Histonet] CAP standard for formalin and xyelene testing

Jan, You are correct. It is the task. Must like when doing proficiency testing, rotate employees on all of these task. While I agree with Karen that it is probably best practice to do all of them, it is not required. Kim Donadio Pathology Supervisor Baptist Hospital 1000 W Moreno St. Pensac

RE: [Histonet] CAP standard for formalin and xyelene testing

Some time ago, I had tested each one of my staff doing the same procedures for both formaldehyde and xylene. Procedures included, autostaining, processor changes, staining rack changes, recycling, and disposal procedures. Everyone except for one person was within normal limits. This one perso

Re: [Histonet] Advice from Canadian Labs

Hey Pam, No problem, I will. Nice to hear someone south of our border has heard of Canada's smallest province!! :-) Greg Greg Dobbin, R.T. Chief Technologist, Anatomic Pathology Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 6600 Charlottetown, PEC1A 8T5 Phone: (902) 894-2337

RE: [Histonet] CAP standard for formalin and xyelene testing

My understanding is that it is the job, not the employee that must be monitored. So if you have three people using the same process of changing the stainer, only one of those people needs to be tested. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks, Jan Mahoney Omaha, NE -Original Message- Fro

Re: [Histonet] fumehood

Surgipath makes a nice tabletop fume hood, we have one in our lab and it works quite well. http://www.surgipath.com/us-en/Products/equipment-accessories/fume-hood Good luck! Kim  Kim Merriam, MA, HT(ASCP)QIHC Cambridge, MA From: "rmweber...@comcast.net" To: