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2012-03-15 Thread Tuyen Nguyen
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Re: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Paula Sicurello
Hi Philip, Diatome is the brand we use. Lately they have been having resharpening issues. We have had to send several back after resharpening because the knives left scratch marks on the thin sections. That said, they are friendly and helpful and have never complained about us returning one

Re: [Histonet] PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Rene J Buesa
No, you are correct. The tech should always give the pathologists one with and another without diastase. René J. --- On Thu, 3/15/12, Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu wrote: From: Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu Subject: [Histonet] PAS Diastase To:

Re: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Jack Ratliff
Have a look at Delaware Diamond Knives (DDK). Their website I believe is www.ddk.com. I'm sure they can help you or at a minimum point you in the right direction. Best Regards, Jack On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Philip Slakmon slak...@yahoo.com wrote: Good Afternoon, I was interested in

Re: [Histonet] PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Geoff McAuliffe
I agree with Rene. A control (undigested) slide is necessary. Geoff On 3/15/2012 1:47 AM, Jennifer MacDonald wrote: Hi All, At a local lab when a pathologist orders a PAS diastase the histotechnicians do just one slide with diastase. They do not do an undigested slide. How would the

Re: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Marc DeCarlo
Philip, We also use Dorn and Hart Microedge. As far as I know they only do Tungsten Carbide and steel knives but if that is what your looking for they are the best priced, quality, and easiest to work with. Marc On Thursday, March 15, 2012, Bernice Frederick b-freder...@northwestern.edu wrote:

[Histonet] Vacuum processing question

2012-03-15 Thread Kara Lee
Hello all, I have a question about vacuum processing. We have ligament tissues that are processed over night, then are to be vacuum processed. I've never done this before, but was able to get ahold of a vacuum oven. From what I understand, I just put the tissues in a metal container and

[Histonet] Processor Preferences??

2012-03-15 Thread John Baker
Hello Jennifer, I saw your message about tissue processors on the Histonet Archive May 2006 and wondered which unit you decided to purchase? We are looking for one now and have three in mind, Thermo Pathcentre, Leica ASP300s and the Tissue-Tek VIP6. Your thoughts on your choice and on these

Re: [Histonet] Processor Preferences??

2012-03-15 Thread Rene J Buesa
Of the 3 you mention, I would buy VIP6. Let's see what Jennifer answers. René J. --- On Thu, 3/15/12, John Baker bak...@umich.edu wrote: From: John Baker bak...@umich.edu Subject: [Histonet] Processor Preferences?? To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 10:13 AM

RE: [Histonet] Processor Preferences??

2012-03-15 Thread Bernice Frederick
If it was me and it is in the future, I want a Leica Peloris. Leica also has a new one that is a single chamber version of the Peloris. Bernice Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Senior Research Tech Pathology Core Facility ECOGPCO-RL Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University 710 N

Re: [Histonet] Vacuum processing question

2012-03-15 Thread Rene J Buesa
Vacuum processing has been advocated in the past as a way to process, but the penetration of liquid is not a function of negative pressure (vacuum) but of positive pressure. In the initial experiments with the Peloris instrument in Australia (by BioSystems before it was bought by Leica

[Histonet] CDC42

2012-03-15 Thread Stoll, Kathryn
Does anyone have a good protocol for CDC42? The ab I am using if from santa cruz sc-8401. I stain on the dako autostainer plus using flex reagents. Kathryn Stoll, HT(ASCP) Department of Pathology Medical College of Wisconsin 9200 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee WI 53226 414.805.1525 kst...@mcw.edu

Re: [Histonet] Processor Preferences??

2012-03-15 Thread Jack Ratliff
John, Go for the ASP300S and then let's talk again at your convenience about resin infiltration needs. I hope the information I sent to you was both informative and helpful! Regards, Jack On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:13 AM, John Baker bak...@umich.edu wrote: Hello Jennifer, I saw your message

Re: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Jack Ratliff
Philip, Marc is correct in everything that he has stated, but if you are looking for diamond knife purchases or services as you indicated in your original posting, I am only aware of DDK providing this service. Best Regards, Jack Jack Ratliff Hard Tissue Histologist Chairman, Hard Tissue

[Histonet] Re: PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Theresa (Teri) Johnson
I disagree that two patient slides are needed. What is needed for diagnosis is one patient slide with digestion, and two control slides, one with and one without. If the control slide shows adequate digestion of the glycogen and the other control slide shows adequate PAS positivity, the

RE: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Mitchell Jean A
Micro Star Technologies, Huntsville, Texas is also a supplier of diamond knives and a resharpening service. I have used them many times over the past 20+ years and have been satisfied with their product. Jean Mitchell, BS HT (ASCP) University of Wisconsin Hospital Clinics Neuromuscular

Re: Subject: [Histonet] PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Matthew Lunetta
Jennifer, No you are not. Matt Lunetta BS HT(ASCP) Longmont United Hospital Message: 9 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:47:17 -0700 From: Jennifer MacDonald Subject: [Histonet] PAS Diastase To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi All, At a

AW: [Histonet] Re: PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Gudrun Lang
It depends on the tissue-component to be shown. If you just want to see tissue-architecture or eg. in liver mallory-bodies and glycogen doesn't play a role, one slide would be sufficient. Gudrun On 3/15/2012 1:47 AM, Jennifer MacDonald wrote: Hi All, At a local lab when a pathologist orders a

RE: [Histonet] Diamond Knives

2012-03-15 Thread Duraine, Lita
Philip, Try also Diatome Diamond Knives. http://www.diatomeknives.com/ Regards, Lita Duraine EM Technologist Bellen Lab HHMI- Molecular Genetics -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of

[Histonet] CD230

2012-03-15 Thread Artim, Kimberly
Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of this antibody (CD230)? I would appreciate any comments/literature you could share. Thank you, Kim Kimberly R. Artim AST, HT (ASCP) St Luke's Specialty Lab 77 S. Commerce Way Bethlehem, PA 18017 Phone: 484-526-4832

[Histonet] PIN-4

2012-03-15 Thread Jack Gyger
Does anyone have a good protocol for pin-4 on a Ventana XT or Ultra? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] Validation of new equipment

2012-03-15 Thread Laurie
If I am validating a new tissue processor, can I just process a v ariety of tissues and have the pathologist sign off that they are acce= ptable, or do I need to do a parallel run with tissue on an established pro= cessor and compare the results? Laurie

RE: [Histonet] PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN)
My two cents: I agree as well Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) 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,

Recall: [Histonet] PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN)
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[Histonet] RE: Re: PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN)
No, If you need to demonstrate that PAS positive material is glycogen and not some other carbohydrate containing material you must do a PAS on the test case as well. (see my earlier Post) Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) Laboratory Manager Senior

[Histonet] Staining GAGs in fetal membranes

2012-03-15 Thread Jennifer Scholler
Hello, I am attempting to stain fetal membranes to look at the GAG content. My advisor suggested Safronin O, which I tried on a preliminary set of slides (hematoxylin, fast green, then safronin O). I did get some staining and saw a band of red staining between the layers, as expected, but the

[Histonet] RE: Re: PAS Diastase

2012-03-15 Thread Theresa (Teri) Johnson
Tony, I agree, when looking for glycogen two patient slides should be run, one with, one without. That is not always the case. We were sometimes asked to do PAS/D on lymphomas. Teri -Original Message- From: Tony Henwood (SCHN) [mailto:tony.henw...@health.nsw.gov.au] Sent: Thursday,

[Histonet] Wet Workshops NSW Australia

2012-03-15 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN)
Hi all, We are looking at organising wet workshops in Sydney later this year (Wet workshop = hands on lab work). We ran a Histochem workshop last year at our National Meeting (twice) and many seemed happy with it. We are after themes for further workshops eg: Mucin Histochemistry HE Staining