Allison,
One KEY to success I have found is to make sure your boss knows what he or
she wants, and get an agreement on what you need to report before you
start. It can be very frustrating to invest resources in reporting what
isn't value added.
My problem has always been, that determining
What are the requirements to become a CAP inspector? Do you have to at least
be an actual registered HT/HTL? Is just having a 2 year histotech degree
enough?
Thanks,
Mandy O'Connor, HTL (ASCP)
Yellowstone Pathology Instit.
Billings, MT
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CAP inspectors are your peers. In other words they are people managing other
labs. So those people have a variety of degrees or experiences. They don't get
paid to inspect. It's a requirement that labs that participate in CAP bi
annually inspect another lab because CAP works as a peer review
Hi,
Does anyone know of a delayed start Decloaking chamber that is independent from
the IHC stainer? I am looking around to get a new Decloaking chamber. Any
suggetions?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
Andrea,
A couple of suggestions for you to help with sectioning the brain tissue. If
you haven't already adjusted the cryostat temperature that is a place to start.
Brains section really well at -10 to -15 C. Make sure to let the blocks
equilibrate to the temperature in the cryostat. If
Does anybody out there have a grossing chair that they could recommend to us?
We're shopping for something that's more amenable to 4 or 5 hour sessions.
We're sitting at a Mopec grossing station. Thanks
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Karen
I would just purchase a timer to plug the Decloaking chamber into, I use one
to heat my water bath for pretreatments prior to by techs coming in. I
purchased the timers from Fisher, cat. #666224 for $28.82. Works like a
charm.
Cindy
Cindy Pyse, CLT, HT (ASCP)
Laboratory Manager
X-Cell
Hello everyone,
I'm branching out into IMF antibodies and as such am starting to
validate these antibodies. Previously no comparison studies were done
that I know of. Now we're running frozen tissue slides manually with
our current set of antibodies simultaneously with new vendors'
antibodies
Hi,
Here are the best steamers on the market...
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Black-Decker-7-Quart-Food-Steamer/14320967?findingMethod=rr
There are others that will work as well. Use only one layer. The
second layer is never as hot as the first. I drill a hole in the top and
drop in a
