[Histonet] Flat Ice???

2010-09-10 Thread Susan Raibley
Hello! I would greatly appreciate any tips or tricks to getting ice to freeze flat in the pan! We are tired of opening the freezer to see mountains that have formed in our pans overnight, making it hard to try and fit all the blocks we need to microtome on them. We have two freezers and they

RE: [Histonet] LIS, HIS question

2010-09-10 Thread Feher, Stephen
What LIS and HIS systems are you using Jan? We are beginning our quest to do electronic order entry between SoftPath and our Sunrise HIS system. I know that Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr in NH was successful in doing this from Cerner Millennium as well. Steve -Original Message- From:

RE: [Histonet] LIS, HIS question

2010-09-10 Thread Cynthia Robinson
We have Cerner Millennium and have been successful having nursing order in PowerChart and the order comes over into Pathnet. Some of the information required doesn't transmit currently. However, it is available to the path in PowerChart. You can contact me off line if you like, Jan. Also, I

RE: [Histonet] Flat Ice???

2010-09-10 Thread WILLIAM DESALVO
For quality assurance and safety concerns, I would suggest moving away from the wet ice and go with a sealed freezing tray. We moved to the small Histo-Cool ice trays w/ tray. http://www.labstore.com/catalog/index.cfm?Category_ID=375 William DeSalvo, B.S., HTL(ASCP) Date: Fri, 10

Re: [Histonet] HE+ Alcian Blue

2010-09-10 Thread Kim . Donadio
It wont remain turquoise as long as you use the eosin. At least this is my experience. I have known some Pathologist to read the mucin that way (purple). Kim Donadio Pathology Supervisor Baptist Hospital 1000 W Moreno St. Pensacola FL 32501 Phone (850) 469-7718 Fax (850) 434-4996

[Histonet] solvent recycling

2010-09-10 Thread Timothy Chilton
I am researching information on solvent recovery systems and could use some help specifically on B/R Instruments. We currently use the CBG Biotech recycler for alcohol use only but have been given funds from our environment of safety department to purchase two solvent recyclers to be used for

[Histonet] Liver Processing Question

2010-09-10 Thread Herrick, James L. (Jim)
Hello everyone, I am trying to process and embed liver tissue in MMA. I used the same protocol that has worked very well a hundred times over, for harder tissues, but when used on the liver tissue, polymerized into a relatively soft and rubbery textured plastic for one of the two specimens (the

RE: [Histonet] solvent recycling

2010-09-10 Thread WILLIAM DESALVO
I suggest you look into Creative Waste Solutions Inc. for recycling (actually filtering through a slurry) your Formalin and Alcohols. I have over 8 years experience with the filtering systems. Dirty solution in, clean solution out and there is no breakdown of the chemical, just a cleaning

RE: [Histonet] RE: Ventana vs. Leica

2010-09-10 Thread Makhijani, Nalini S
Jan, What a wonderful way to put everything in perspective! Definitely one of the most wise quotes by the timeless Beatles! I've been repeating the Life is very short... mantra all day. Thank you. On a similar vein is their Let it be, let it be.. words. Any body else with Beatle words to live

RE: [Histonet] LIS, HIS question

2010-09-10 Thread Sharon Scalise
We will be going live with Soft next March and I am looking for anyone currently using SoftPath to discuss some issues with. We are also interested in anyone using SoftPath that is doing immunohistochemistry. If you will be at the NSH meeting in Seattle we would love to meet with you and

[Histonet] Microm HM330

2010-09-10 Thread Yu, Jian
I have a used HM330 which has been working well for past several years. Recently, the quick release clamp does not lock the knife/holder down well, which is causing problems in knife consumption and quality of sections. I paid ~$3000 about 4 years ago for this one. Does anyone know whether

RE: [Histonet] LIS, HIS question

2010-09-10 Thread Feher, Stephen
Sharon, We are using SoftPath with the Bond Max system. I will be presenting WS#50 Designing a LEAN Pathology Lab from Scratch, on Monday, Sept 27 at 8 am. We can meet after the workshop or perhaps it may come up during the workshop. I have quite a few lessons learned and would have, could