[Histonet] comparisons between....

2010-12-20 Thread Amos Brooks
Hi, I always say that "No one company can do it all". Not all antibodies are made by all companies. Not all antibodies made by different companies are the same. There is a lot of re-selling and re-packaging of antibodies. So some antibodies that are indeed the same are often marked up c

[Histonet] OR simulation laboratory question

2010-12-20 Thread Richard Cartun
One of our Vice Presidents contacted me recently about the use of porcine tissue (colon, gallbladder, etc.) to train house staff and surgeons on how to use surgical instruments in our new OR simulation laboratory. Other than the obvious requirement of biohazard disposal, are there any other gu

RE: [Histonet] need ur help

2010-12-20 Thread Tony Henwood
Kim, Did you send this to Histonet & Wassan? Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC) Laboratory Manager & Senior Scientist Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmea

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2010-12-20 Thread Patsy Ruegg
Yea I would say make sure the samples are getting fixed long enough, fixation is also temp dependent so if it is colder now you might have to fix longer, try and fix your tissue, even biopsies for 24 hours if you can in 10% Neutral phosphate buffered formalin. Regards, Patsy Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP

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2010-12-20 Thread lab operations
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RE: [Histonet] need ur help

2010-12-20 Thread Tony Henwood
Check the fixative the biopsies are going into. Is it 10% neutral buffered formalin? Are they being fixed for long enough? Remember these are usually small, thin biopsies so they do not need extended processing so use the time to extend the fixation. You could try placing the biopsies in fixati

[Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 85, Issue 13/united clinnical labs

2010-12-20 Thread john
Margaret , Do you have United Clinical labs in our data base? It a note#11 on cassette markers John -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: None To

RE: [Histonet] need ur help

2010-12-20 Thread Weems, Joyce
Could something have happened with the fixative for these two tissues? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of wassan alkadhumi Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:43 To: histonet@lists.utsouthweste

[Histonet] need ur help

2010-12-20 Thread wassan alkadhumi
Hi all Hope u r all doing well, am an Iraqi histotech working in both histopathology and IHC department in Iraq. One part of what i do is IHC (manual) i have no problem with, the other part is what i have problems with, Renals and Livers, we do regular H &E stain , PAS and Masson Tirchrome and a

[Histonet] vip 3000 tissue teck tissue processor

2010-12-20 Thread Spoon, Victoria
Is anyone interested in purchasing a vip 3000 tissue tek tissue processor. It runs fine. Vendors welcome to contact me. Victoria Spoon Anatomic Pathology Manager Bassett Medical Center Cooperstown NY 13326 victoria.sp...@bassett.org Tel(607) 547-6357 Fax(607) 547-3203 __

[Histonet] Grocott stain kit

2010-12-20 Thread Edwards, Richard E.
I am after a staining kit for the Grocott methenamine silver method for fungi, any recommendations out there?,any opinions of the Grocott method versus the PAS method?,many thanks. Cheers Richard Edwards

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2010-12-20 Thread Weems, Joyce
It started out as both, but I understand that DAKO is phasing out the support of IHC on the Artisan. We have it, but never used it for IHC. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg Sen

[Histonet] RELIA Histology Job Alert 12/20/2010 Permanent Full time Dayshift position in Austin, TX

2010-12-20 Thread Pam Barker
Hi Histonetters!! I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the holiday season. I have a new opportunity and I want to put the word out. I am working with a grea client of mine located in Austin, TX and they are in need of a permanent full time dayshift ASCP or eligible histotech. They

[Histonet] Great Dermpath Lab Management Position in NY

2010-12-20 Thread Alisha Dynan
Hi Histonet Members, I am currently working on a Laboratory Manager position in NY. the ideal candidates must have strong supervisory/management experience, be HT ot HTL(ASCP certified, and have strong experience in dermatopathology. This job opportunity is with a leading national diagnost

RE: [Histonet] EM cacodylate

2010-12-20 Thread Morken, Tim
Peggy, Carson's modification of Millonig's buffer with formalin is great for kidney and any other general EM use for general pathology labs. I used it for many, many years when I worked in EM and it worked just as well as the specialized EM glutaraldehyde fixatives / buffers. Just look up "Car

[Histonet] comparisons between Dako,Lieca,seroTec and CellMarque

2010-12-20 Thread tahseen
Dear All, We are using Dako antibodies and EnVision kit for IHC on paraffin sections from 15 years there are no problem with us. Now our MMD required comparisons between other companies like Lieca,Cell Marque and SeroTec. Would any one like to advise me? Muhammad Tahseen Shaukat Khanum Memorial Can

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2010-12-20 Thread Houston, Ronald
Patsy, It does have the capability to do IHC, but I think I had heard that Dako is no longer supporting this function (could be wrong though) Ronnie Houston Anatomic Pathology Manager Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus OH 43205 (614) 722 5450 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...

[Histonet] Histology Training Specialist Located in the Chicago Area

2010-12-20 Thread Matt Ward
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