RE: [Histonet] Utilization of consultation services

Christi, Much depends on the composition of your cases and what your pathologists feel comfortable signing out. Some labs look at those cases that can be signed out quickly or have relatively high profit margins to do in house. Steve -Original Message- From:

[Histonet] Per Diem Histotech Needed (Orange County, California)

Hello- We are located in Fountain Valley, California and we are seeking a per diem histotech to cover during vacation times or other times when the techs are scheduled off. We are seeking a technician who has experience in embedding and cutting surgical tissue cases. Coverage START time

[Histonet] Cryostat Decontamination

Hello, Our Hospital has several Frozen Section Rooms, each of which have 1 to 2 cryostats. The majority of our cryostats are the newer models, with the built in Ultraviolet Radiation Disinfection cycle (runs every afternoon.) However, we still have a couple of the older models that do not

[Histonet] Certification question????

Hey All, Wanted to see what the requirements are for getting certified. Does anyone know if the exam is online or do you still have to go to a facility to take itall advice will be great! Thanks. ___ Histonet mailing list

RE: [Histonet] Certification question????

The ASCP site provides the requirements for certification. The exam is online and offered throughout the year. http://www.ascp.org/FunctionalNavigation/certification/GetCertified.aspx -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

I would suggest that if you are a CAP certified lab that you read the appropriate section in the current LAP standards list. The note associated with the standard is pretty specifiic. I believe that if you use the cryostat daily, you need to decontaminate once a week, but i don't have the

RE: [Histonet] Certification question????

The test is online...but you still have to go to a facility to take it...I believe you have to have a person who monitors the test, to ensure that no one cheats. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of jcarpenter...@aol.com Sent: Wed

[Histonet] Histology Externships for New Grads. A message from Pam Barker at RELIA

Hello Histonetters ! I hope you are having a great summer. Yesterday I visited Keiser University here in Orlando, FL. They are getting ready to graduate their first class of histotechnologists from their Histotechnology program. I met a lot of bright, interested and dedicated future

RE: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

Bill and company This is a very difficult, there are times were decontamination is needed immediately depending on the outcome of the frozen or there is scheduled maintenance that needs to occur with the decontamination as well. The UV light is not sufficient enough to call this decontamination.

Re: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

If I may ask, what do you contaminate with when doing a full meltdown defrost clean up after a suspect TB or hep B pos case? Formalin? Some proprietary decontaminant? AnnieinArabia Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat -Original Message- From: Jesus

[Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 80, Issue 24

Hi everyone. I was asked the following question: I am just wondering if quantifying PAS staining (purple) is proportional to the amount of mucus produced from goblet cells? Thought I would ask the experts their opinion. Thanks Mark in sunny, warm Vancouver BC ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***

[Histonet] Vendors of Specimen Tracking Systems

Dear Listservers, We're trying to compile a list of vendors of AP/histology specimen tracking to investigate. We have Cerner Co-path LIS, and they have their own product. The following are other vendors we've heard of - are their any others we should investigate? Which of these are not ready

RE: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

We use the Lysol Brand IC and Envirocide. We switch off every other month to prevent resistance to the cleaner that is being used within the instrument. Jesus Ellin Yuma Regional Medical Center 928-336-1743 -Original Message- From: anni...@gmail.com [mailto:anni...@gmail.com] Sent:

[Histonet] Cryostat Decontamination

Hy Karyrn. As my lab carry frozen section daily, the decontamination/fumigation of the cryostat on a daily basis is not practical as we do not have a back up cryostat. Also after every frozen section, we make sure that the Cryostat is get disinfected of any fresh tissue trimming with 70 %

[Histonet] ER/PR ON BENCHMARK XT

Hi All, Does anyone do ER/PR and/or CA15.3 on the Ventana Benchmark XT? If so, can you please tell me what protocol you are using? Thank you in advance, Adrienne Kavanagh US PATH 30 W. Century Road Suite 255 Paramus NJ 07652 - Original Message - From:

[Histonet] DISTILLED WATER FOR BUFFER FOR AUTOMATED STAINER

WE ARE HAVING REAL ISSUES WITH THE PH OF THE DISTILLED WATER WE BUY COMMERCIALLY. WE PURCHASE A GENERAL DISTILLED WATER (HINKLEY) AND THE PH OF THE WATER IS CONSISTENTLY LOW 6.0 OR LESS. WE TRIED A NURSERY WATER (WITH A FEW MINERALS ADDED FOR TASTE) AND THE PH WAS 7.0 EXACTLY. HAS ANYBODY

[Histonet] Biocare P63 with Dako Flex detection

Hi all, I have ran into a troubleshooting dilemma and was wonderi= ng if anyone else could help. Is there anyone out there that uses the Biocare Medical P63 concentrated antibody with the Dako TRS and Flex detec= tion kit? I am curious what dilution you use and if you have

[Histonet] Grossing Sites

I was wondering how any of you handle grossing of complex specimens from multiple sites. Do you transport them all to one central grossing pool, do them loacally and transport cassettes to a main Histology lab or some mixture of both? Also, if you gross at a centralized location how do deal

Re: [Histonet] DISTILLED WATER FOR BUFFER FOR AUTOMATED STAINER

We ran into this a while ago too. Our milipore water is consistently at least 1 pH unit lower than 7. Our chemical safety specialist checked this out and found out that when the water initially comes out of the tap it is approx. 100% pure. Since there are no ingredients in the water at all,

Re: [Histonet] Biocare P63 with Dako Flex detection

Hi Cathy, I'm using their p63, but on the Ventana XT with ultraview DAB detection. We use it at 1:200 and get a strong signal in both breast and prostate tissues. If you haven't tried staining various cases of prostate, I'd suggest it. Sometimes I'll get a prostate that stains the basal cells

[Histonet] I will be out of office beginning the afternoon of 6/3/2010 returning 3/24/2010

I will be out of the office starting 07/20/2010 and will not return until 07/26/2010. In my absence please ask for Mary Campbell . If this is urgent or you need to speak to me directly you can contact me on my cell phone number 858-472-4266. ___

RE: [Histonet] DISTILLED WATER FOR BUFFER FOR AUTOMATED STAINER

James, If you are using the distilled water for buffering then the strong buffer salts (eg phosphate, TRIS etc) will result in a solution that should not be affected by atmospheric CO2. If you dilute the buffer for use (as is common) then be careful that you do not dilute out the buffering

[Histonet] Water

Just a few questions. How many of you are using tap water in your stainers and what is the ph? I am interested in a Sakura prisma. Also I have a small stainer used for Moh's staining. I need a hood for it not a charcoal filter one. Your advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Re: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

Hi Annie If you look up this article or many others like it on the net the simplest and most effective disinfectants are 70% alcohol or one of the aldehydes for most organisms remembering that you are only disinfecting a hard surface with no visible volume of liquid containing organisms. We