Re: [Histonet] Fixation

2013-03-14 Thread Massimo
Hi, you can find a pratical suggestion at your problem by watching the Step 9: Expedite Large Specimen Fixation on the guide: 101 Steps to Better Histology - a Practical Guide to Good Histology Practice You can download it from:

[Histonet] SOS EGFRV3

2013-03-14 Thread Zimmerman, Billie
Does anyone perform this particular clone of EGFR?? Thanks in advance for your help. Billie Zimmerman MT(ASCP)QIHC 706-721-5617/3630 Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University have consolidated to become Georgia Regents University. Effective January 9, 2013, my email

[Histonet] Technical Laboratory Coordinator of Pathology Surgical Services- Atlanta, GA

2013-03-14 Thread Brannon Owens
Full time/permanent opening for a Lab Coordinator of Pathology Surgical Services. Ideal candidate is HT/HTL/CT certified with at least 4 years of supervisory experience. Send an email to bran...@alliedsearchpartners.com for a full job description. To view a complete list of Allied Search

[Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 112, Issue 13

2013-03-14 Thread Marilyn . A . Weiss
Have a question to ask the group. One of the Pathologists is complaining about anucleate squames on her breast biopsies. Blames the tech for fingers being in the water bath, which may or may not happen. If she recuts the case it is great and she does not do anything different. what could cause

[Histonet] Thawing brain tissue

2013-03-14 Thread Maria Navas-Moreno
Hello Histonet community, I recently froze a primate brain using isopentane immerse in a bath of 100% ethanol and chunks of dry ice. Two out of the 3 blocks froze fine but the third one shows a very bad convex surface, although to be fair, the defective block was embedded in gelatin while the

[Histonet] Thawing brain tissue

2013-03-14 Thread Maria De Los Angeles Navas
Hello Histonet community, I recently froze a primate brain using isopentane immerse in a bath of 100% ethanol and chunks of dry ice. Two out of the 3 blocks froze fine but the third one shows a very bad convex surface, although to be fair, the defective block was embedded in gelatin while the

RE: [Histonet] RE: AFB and negative control

2013-03-14 Thread joelle weaver
This practice is listed as a QC measure for issues of cross contamination in the ASCP publication Quality Management in Anatomic Pathology, Nakhleh, R. M.D. I have never had any issues that were persistant enough to warrant this measure myself, but it is one of the suggestions made under the

Re: [Histonet] RE: AFB and negative control

2013-03-14 Thread Cristi Rigazio
Isn't a gram stain the only special that requires a positive and negative control? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2013, at 1:51 PM, joelle weaver joellewea...@hotmail.com wrote: This practice is listed as a QC measure for issues of cross contamination in the ASCP publication Quality