Re: [Histonet] uh...

2011-04-07 Thread Jennifer MacDonald
We had the same problem years ago using Clear-rite. It turned out to be the mounting medium was not compatible. We use Clear-rite routinely and do not have problems with the eosin bleeding. We use Permount or on our coverslipper we use Sakura brand. Jennifer Sent by: histonet-boun...@li

[Histonet] RE%3A Verhoeff/Masson%27s Stain&In-Reply-To=9BF995BC0E47744E9673A4148

2011-04-07 Thread Ruppert, Amysue
Hello John, Just reading through some histonet archives and found your Elastic- Masson issue. Some notes on the elastic masson stain The fibers should darken when the slides go into running water after the 2% ferric chloride. So the color before the ferric chloride will not be the same inte

Re: [Histonet] uh...

2011-04-07 Thread William Chappell
Oh yes, how to fix it. Hydrate through clearite, 100% ETOH, 95% ETOH, and water. Spend an extra 5 mins in running tap water -- that should wash out most of the eosin. Then counterstain again with eosin. Dehydrate with the clean ETOHs and Clearite. That should do it. Another possibility I jus

Re: [Histonet] uh...

2011-04-07 Thread William Chappell
Sounds like your dehydrating alcohol is not dehydrating completely. I would switch out the 100%'s and the clearite. Either they got "wet" during the course of the day or someone made an oops when changing the stain line. Hope that helps. Will Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2011, at 2:06 PM,

[Histonet] uh...

2011-04-07 Thread sgoebel
So I just stained a group of slides all at the same time with the same conditions. About 40 of 150 the eosin looks like it is bleeding out of the sections...this has never happened before? What could be the cause and how do I fix it? Everything is as normal, but again I am being forced to use th

RE: [Histonet] QC documentation

2011-04-07 Thread Rathborne, Toni
What LIS are you using? This sounds great. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Jesus Ellin Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:32 PM To: Victor Tobias; Webb, Dorothy L Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthweste

RE: [Histonet] QC documentation

2011-04-07 Thread Jesus Ellin
We currently use our LIS to support this issue,, the tech are able to go into the case and make comments about controls, staining, technical work etc. There are places for comment section, etc. I also use the LIS to document Fixation time for specimens. Multiple specimens are an issue, but we are

Re: [Histonet] Histotech needed immediately SE Missouri

2011-04-07 Thread Bill B.
Thanks all who responded. Problem solved. At 7:45 AM -0500 4/3/11, Bill B. wrote: >I lost my histotech this weekend and need an immediate full time replacement >for basic surgical pathology histology and low volume frozen sections. > >Our lab is near Cape Girardeau. > >Contact >-- >

Re: [Histonet] QC documentation

2011-04-07 Thread Victor Tobias
Dorothy, I'm only going to address what we are doing for IHC. We have a custom worksheet that is printed from the LIS for each patient. We were totally manual until 3 weeks ago when we went live with the Bond. We are still using our custom worksheet for the techs and pathologists. Boxes for

[Histonet] rabbit neutrophil/heterophil IHC

2011-04-07 Thread Villarreal, Beth
Does anyone know of a good antibody to detect rabbit heterophils (neutrophils)? I'd love one that works for FFPE, but we can go frozen if necessary. Thanks in advance! Beth Villarreal Preclinical Safety, Discovery Pathology Novartis Institutes for BioMedicalResearch, Inc. 300 Technology Squar

[Histonet] QC documentation

2011-04-07 Thread Webb, Dorothy L
How does everyone handle their QC documentation on special stains and IHC? We currently print out the run information from our stainer(s) and have the tech initial for her QC and the pathologist sign after they review the slides. I am hoping that someone has a way of doing this electronically.

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2011-04-07 Thread ti fei
Hi please remove me from the mailing list -- Original -- From: "Vanessa Avalos"; Date: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 05:54 AM To: "HISTONET LISTS"; Subject: RE: [Histonet] Slides sent out for outside consult. Our practice does not bill the patient. Before sendin