[Histonet] Microscope/Camera

Hello,   We are interested in purchasing a brightfield microscope with  4x, 10x, and 40x objectives (20x optional) as well as a 5MP minimum camera with associated image capture software. New or Used. Please contact es...@dbiosys.com. ___ Histonet mailing

[Histonet] GSH Jekyll Island April 12 - 14

Oh no! Tom Peters from Vanderbilt has told me I'm going to be in a pickle! That might be true if I decided to wear a crochet bikini to the Jekyll Island resort. Ha-ha Actually, Tom Peters will be speaking about the three Leadership Pickles. It's a session developed by the motivational speaker

[Histonet] RE: ventana counterstaining

Yes! We've been experiencing the same issue intermittently for the past couple of weeks. The slides look like they did not get bluing reagent. I reported the problem to Ventana and they sent us a new bluing reagent dispenser. (Hoping this fixes it!) A couple of techs here thought the dispenser

[Histonet] Leica CV5030

We have this same model which we use for routine staining, as well as the smaller Dako product we use for IHC and special stains. We've recently been advised to use microtome oil to lubricate the V-shaped grippers on the CV5030, as the previously-suggested grease was only causing more buildup (

[Histonet] RELIA Solutions HOT JOB ALERT!! Exclusive Opportunity with Brand New Dermpath lab in Southern CA on the beach!!!

Hi Histonetters!! I hope your week is off to a great start. I have an exciting new opportunity to tell you about. This is a RELIA Solutions EXCLUSIVE!! I am working with a Dermatopathology practice in Southern CA that wants to hire an ASCP certified histotech with Mohs experience. This is a perm

[Histonet] RE: Retention and Disposal of medical hardware

We have a policy for hardware and if it includes any type of serial number, etc. it is sent back to surgery for the item to be documented as removed with the manufacturer. We also photograph them and include documentation in the gross dicatation. Hazel Horn Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Tran

[Histonet] Re: hematoxylin back to deparaffin?

Hi Sophia, If you plan to do immunostains that will eventually be hematoxylin counterstained, just let it be. If you need them to be completely decolorized, put them in 0.5% periodic acid and the rest of it should come out. I would be cautious however with what you do to the sections. It might

[Histonet] hematoxylin back to deparaffin?

We had a slight mistake with the deparaffin slides. A timer was not set, long story short. The deparaffinized slides went too far and proceeded to Hematoxylin. We have a linear stainer, so we took it back out from hematoxylin when we noticed the error and placed it into water to rinse. Then back to

[Histonet] Retention and Disposal of medical hardware

I was wondering what everyone out there is doing in regards to how long you are keeping medical hardware such as pins/screws/metal plates/pacemakers, etc. that come from surgeries and how you are disposing of them? I know the CAP requirement for wet tissue is 2 weeks after the final report, but is

[Histonet] EG1&2 antibodies

I have been asked to do some staining for EG1&2 (ECP) in eosinophils but have not been able to find any suppliers for antibodies. All of my usual sources come up negative, including Biocompare. Anyone know of a supplier of the antibody? Thanks Mark ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*** This electron