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[Histonet] Leica Bond IHC Platform

2012-04-04 Thread Wellen, Terrence D. :LPH Lab
Does anyone have any experience with this product? Terrence Wellen HT(ASCP) Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Portland, OR ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] Region III final reminder

2012-04-04 Thread Shirley A. Powell
Hi Histotechs, This email is to remind you of the Georgia Society for Histotechnology hosting Region III meeting at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain GA April 13-15th,. This is next week friends. We will NOT be in the conference center as last year, and that is a GOOD thing. We will be in the

[Histonet] Bone (Trichrome)

2012-04-04 Thread Lawrence Allen
Why not sent in 10 % formalin. Freezing it may change the morphology of the bone to fixation after thawing. I would give that a try. After all, you are running 3 different stains at one time in order. Lawrence S Allen Lead Histotechnologist Dorm VA Medical Center Columbia, SC

Re: [Histonet] EM tissue processors Q's

2012-04-04 Thread Jan Shivers
We use the Leica TP for our samples and endorse it. Jan Shivers IHC/Histo/EM Section Head Veterinary Diagnostic Lab UMN College of Veterinary Medicine St. Paul, MN On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Morken, Timothy < timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org> wrote: > Hi, we're looking around at different auto

[Histonet] Specimen Identity Procedure

2012-04-04 Thread Scott, Allison D
Hello again to all in histoland. Does anyone have a procedure for describing the system for maintaining the identity of every specimen through processing and block and slide preparation. This is on the CAP checklist (ANP.21050). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) H

[Histonet] EM tissue processors Q's

2012-04-04 Thread Morken, Timothy
Hi, we're looking around at different automated TEM tissue processors. We have an RMC 5160 but it has had a lot of problems so we are considering something else. I've looked online at Leica TP and Lynx II for routine processing. We may get to MW processing later, but the price is higher than aut

[Histonet] Grossing rules

2012-04-04 Thread Amber McKenzie
Are there any guidelines on how to do GI grossing? At what size to you bisect? Do you call 5 or more pieces multiple or do you count all the pieces? How many categories are there: 1, 2, 3, several, multiple, etc...At what size is it considered a fragment and what size is a polyp? Thanks! _

[Histonet] Automatic knife sharpener

2012-04-04 Thread Maxim Peshkov
Dear Histonetters! Can anybody to advise, what type automatic knife sharpener we can buy in Europe (Germany) instead Leica SP9000, which now is unavailable for sale? What vendors? We do not like a Shandon "Autosharp 5" type sharpener. Maxim Peshkov Russia, Taganrog. mailto:maxim...@mail.ru __

[Histonet] Re: Massons Trichrome on decalcified bone

2012-04-04 Thread gayle callis
Dear Sara, You wrote: I work at an Orthopaedic research lab and I have been having some trouble getting our trichromes to work on our bone. I have tried a masson's, gomori, and goldner's and in all cases the bone stained red. Our bone is arrive to our lab frozen, we fix them in formalin

[Histonet] Glassware washing

2012-04-04 Thread Oneil, Beth Ann
Our laboratory does about half of it's daily special stains manually which means we go through a lot of Copeland jars. We currently wash everything by hand using liquinox with a splash of bleach in the water. We rinse with tap water. My question is how do other labs address the CAP issue of t

[Histonet] New Position Alert - IHC Field Tech Atlanta

2012-04-04 Thread Matt Ward
Good Afternoon Histonet, We have had a global leader in IHC and Histology open a field based IHC support opportunity covering the Southeast Region. The ideal location would be to be based in Atlanta and the position is open due to promotion. If you or anyone you may know has a strong backgrou

RE: [Histonet] Slippery Floor due to paraffin

2012-04-04 Thread Sebree Linda A
Peel off film here...works well. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Scott, Allison D Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:50 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Slippery

[Histonet] Slippery Floor due to paraffin

2012-04-04 Thread Scott, Allison D
Hello to all in histoland. What are histology labs doing to combat the slipperiness of the floor due to paraffin. Are you using rugs, peel away films ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital Houston, Texas 77026 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTI

AW: [Histonet] Masson's Trichrome for Bone

2012-04-04 Thread Gudrun Lang
Perhaps I am wrong. But doesn't the trichrome differentiate between mature and fresh bone tissue? Old one - red; new one - blue (or green) Depending on the amount of collagen. Gudrun -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.uts