Hi,
Please I will appreciate it if you guys could share your histology lab plan
with me especially the lean type. We are in the process of building a new lean
histology lab and all new suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Adesupo.
We may not be considered "laboratory professionals", but we might just have
more fun than they do ?
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:43:48 +
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT
CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Do it! For all of us!
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Do it! For all of us!
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Emily Sours
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:24 PM
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Unregistered HT
I think all of these you listed are solid instruments. I am building a lab now,
so recently had to pick instruments myself and would have liked to have had
these options! From your list I would personally pick the Prisma and Bond Max ,
just on my personal experiences. I have a Leica ST5020 now,
I just wanted to share that I have a per diem Cytotech position available. If
interested, please visit www.emc.org.
Eisenhower Medical Center located in Rancho Mirage, CA is a fantastic place to
work. The beautiful winters and lush community atmosphere is most desirable.
The Cytology team is a
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Get me off your mailing list.
I have tried and keep getting these things.
Over and over you repeat the same questions and answers , over and over,
over and over, over and over, over and over.
Do you get the message?"
Do you get the message?
Do you get the message?
Get me off you
At the risk of dipping my toe in to this pool, I have just a few thoughts on
the matter. I will not really touch on any prior points as I think they have
already had enough discussion. My comments are merely things I think about, and
hopefully it broadens how people look at this issue instead of
I actually agree with Rene on some points.
In the past, and in some current labs, that mentality of just get the work
done prevails. It happens more in small labs than in larger ones now. However
the tide is starting to change. While it may be years before the old regime
mentality retires out
Hi all,
I am trying to decide on what equipment to purchase. I have picked the
processor, microtomes, embedding centers and a few other pieces, but now I
still need to decide on the H&E Stainer and the immunostainer. My options I
have in front of me are for the H&E stainer are Sakura Prisma sta
Dear Rene, Jennifer and others
my question is as Jennifer MacDonald suggested
I may agree that the question is irrelevant but the question was rased and I
have no clue.
Regards Piet visser
Van: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbu...@yahoo.com]
Verzonden: maandag 9 september 2013 21:59
Aan: Jennif
“Based on FDA’s ruling on class reagents in IHC, the legal responsibility for
validation and knowing the relevant parameters is put squarely on the shoulders
of the lab director.” True, the legal responsibility rests with the lab
director..
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S®4
Original me
When validating IHC antibodies and detection kits (either initially or with new
lots), does a pathologist have to sign off on the validation , or can it be
his/her designee (such as a PhD) that signs off? The pathologist will be
signing the IHC procedures.
Laurie Colbert, HT (ASCP)
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Sarah & Emily, It's been one of those Wednesdays for the record books, I may
not make it all the way home before I have a drink. (Just kidding - I live 8
blocks from work - I can make it home first but only if I want too) Ya'll
have a great day - - Bill
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From: his
Good afternoon!
We have had a new opportunity open with a world leading manufacturer of
histology products. Our client is growing and searching for a histology
professional to join their team on the West Coast. The ideal candidate will
be based in CA, and will work in the field with sales reps a
Sorry Sarah some of us old timers do have BS and even MS degrees and still have
to fight for every dime. The whole field needs to be improved without any
thought of how long someone has been in Histology. We have the issue of people
who have HTs being called HTLs due to the way the two registr
Wow René, I didn't realize you had such a demeaning and disrespected career. I
have been in this profession for almost 40 years. I have worked for some of
the greatest pathologists you could ask for. They have respected me, asked my
opinions and shared a great deal of time at the microscope w
Laurie, it can be a designee, but that should be detailed in your validation
procedure so it is clear the designee is acting for the Technical Director.
Tim Morken
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.ed
So as not to have my inbox completely filled with emails...
None of the below statements was meant in any way as disrespectful to ANYONE!
1. "Old timers". Just a term I have heard used by people who have been in the
field for a long time. I've been doing histology since 1999...I do not
consider
Thank you for your kind responses.
Are there any circumstances when an edge-effect could be misinterpreted as a
specific nuclear staining like ER-IHC? =false positive staining
Gudrun
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.u
Seriously, I can go home?!
I'm going to tell my boss that Sarah Dysart said I could go home. When she
asks who that is, I'll just look at her and repeat your name. Slowly.
And walk away.
Emily
"By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of
their own horror stories. Grow
I don't think that histotechs are disrespected at all. There is always going
to be that one person in any job that thinks they are better than you because
of whatever reason. HTs are not the highest paid people in the lab (or the
lowest for that matter), and I think a lot of times people in ma
Laure,
You also need to have a policy that states what areas the CLIA Director is
allowing a designee to represent.
Donna Willis, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Manager
Baylor University Medical Center-Dallas
ph. 214-820-2465 office
ph. 214-725-6184 mobile
donna.wil...@baylorhealth.edu
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Tim Well said
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:54 AM
To: Histonet
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT
This discussion comes
Ditto to what Tim said (as usual!) What is often referred to as "edge artifact"
is sometimes excellent staining due to the edges fixed early and well, and the
interior of the tissue poorly penetrated and not as well fixed. You can usually
tell because the staining pattern is correct and well dem
Hi Histonetters!!!
Do you know what day it is (picture big hairy camel here!) ??
I think you do! LOLOL
I have a couple of great new opportunities to share. If you or anyone you
know is interested in more details I can be reached toll free at
866-607-3542 or rel...@earthlink.net.
If you
The issue remains the WE cannot impose on others how we are viewed. No matter
how many brain storming meetings there are about "demanding" respect the issue
remains that those who have to respect us have to do so.
Short of a national strike (absolutely impossible to achieve) or a national
union
Sometimes edges of tissues can get more stain due to disruption of edge's
cells more than center during the antigen retrieval. But this is not false
positivity. It must pay attention to this situation
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Teri Johnson wrote:
> Ditto to what Tim said (as usual!) Wha
Ask for a recut of slides unstained to be sent for 2nd opinion to your lab or
as a patient request unstained slides. I think the billing is the ultimate
issue as well a chain of custody for specimens removed-When working at a
hospital level the hospital labs have contracted and listed prices for
My apologies, the editorial was in the September 2011 issue of Journal of
Histotechnology. I have a pdf of it, will be happy to email.
Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Assistant Histology Supervisor
Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services
417 State Street, Suite 540
Bangor, ME 04401
cthorn...@dahlchase
This very long thread deals with a very complicated and ages long issue so I
would like to add my opinion.
The fundamental issue is that the pathologists do not respect the histotechs
because for them the only thing that matters is that the sections are good,
well stained and finished on time. T
This discussion comes up every year and, of course is never resolved to our
satisfaction because histotechs really have only a little say in it.
Personally I think labs are better off with certified techs. Uncertified techs
should start as lab assistants and earn their certification before get
I've seen edge effect in two instances:
1) Fixation artifact: the tissue is differentially fixed so the edge is fixed
more than the center. That makes staining different on the edge vs the center.
This occurs when a piece is fixed whole, not sliced. Or could be a thick piece
of tissue that doe
Well said, Tim.
Hazel Horn
Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Transcription
Anatomic Pathology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's Way | Slot 820| Little Rock, AR 72202
501.364.4240 direct | 501.364.1241 fax
hor...@archildrens.org
archildrens.org
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From: histonet-
Please share the info? We're just beginning to use Qdots-but haven't yet on
the Discovery, so it would be nice to have a heads-up about any issues
others are having!
Thank you!
_Sally
Sally Ann Drew,MT(ASCP)
Dept. of Pathology TRIP Lab Manager
CSC, K4/435
608.265.4378
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Hospital "By-Laws" established by the Medical Staff and Administration may
prevent tissue obtained within the hospital from going outside to another
laboratory.
Richard
Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD
Director, Histology & Immunopathology
Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs
Assistant Director,
This is precisely why I stopped giving NSH my money. When they start to earn
it, I will reinstate my membership. I suppose they could argue that they can't
do it without my money - they had 25 years of my membership - and all I got was
a discount to meetings my institution can't afford to send m
Agreed and now that the registries for HT and HTL require credits to remain
registered it does help with keeping people in the area learning and growing.
The point that other than the front office for NSH is a well taken point and
the rest are volunteers. I am not always sure the front office
Agreed. Vancouver was especially difficult due to it being outside the U.S. as
well as more expensive than most other sites. The fact that the meeting crossed
from Sept. into Oct. was impossible for most government employees who have a
fiscal year ending Sept. This would have required 2 sets of
Would anyone doing DNA ploidy be willing to share their protocol? It's a long
time since I was involved in this and I'm sure there have been many advances
Thanks
Ronnie Houston, MS HT(ASCP)QIHC
Anatomic Pathology Manager
ChildLab, a Division of Nationwide Children's Hospital
www.childlab.com
700
My 2 cents...
So the real "shortage" in the field is ASCP HT/HTL certified techs with 2+
years of experience who are CLIA qualified to gross. Just saying... I know
a great many uncertified experienced techs and even more entry level ASCP
certified recent graduates of histology schools who are des
Just a comment on the comment about there being "not enough" HT/HTL programs
in the US. Agreed. There are 38 HT and 7 HTL, for a total of 45. Compare
that with 223 MLS/MT and 233 MLT, for a total of 456, and we histotechs have
1/10 the number of programs as med techs.
If you are interested in
Thanks for your point of view and insights Pam- we need to know what employers
are seeking to keep marketable.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
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> To: lpw...@sbcglobal.net
> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:09:04 -0400
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT
> CC:
How do you gain credits? Do you get them for attending seminars or do you
have to take actual courses?
Are these the CME's I always see noted for lectures? I never knew what
those were for.
Emily
"By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of
their own horror stories. Gro
Peggy
I am not able to attend the workshop since I am alone right now setting up the
lab. Would it be possible to collect or provide some way that those interested
but not able to attend, that we might be able to view or purchase the content
of the workshop on starting a program following the pr
Hi!
Can someone give me a nice description of the "edge effect" in IHC? Is there
a common opinion about the causes?
Thank you
Gudrun Lang
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If anyone has had success with solving background issues with Ventana's Q-Dot
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We work in the veterinary medical field and 98% of our work is with
swine diseases
including some feed additive safety evaluations. We provide pictures of
all the lesions
that we see as part of the report we provide to farms. It definitely
takes more of our
time than it would to give a pathomo
Many states and regions are affiliated with NSH and have state societies that
have annual meetings with one or two days of seminars and workshops that are
reasonably priced and hopefully close enough to allow attendance. The National
Society for Histotechnology has a meeting at a specified loca
Well said Jean.
Linda A. Sebree
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
IHC/ISH Laboratory
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
(608)265-6596
FAX: (608)262-7174
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Even if a facility does not require that techs be HT registered - the
technicians themselves need go that extra step, take the initiative themselves
and become HT certified. If a portion of histologists don't recognize or care
about the merit of certification how can we progress our profession
Look for a position paper presented by members of the NSH BOD in the Journal of
Histotechnology after the national convention in Vancouver last year. I'm not
sure of the exact issue (thought I still had it on my desk). This will explain
what being a laboratory professional is and why it is so
Do you get paid more with that title? Just curious, I'm not sure what
"laboratory professional" means, as I'm not in that kind of lab.
Or is it a respect thing?
Emily
"By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of
their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they
We also need NSH to step up and do what they said they would years ago instead
of planning more and more meetings per year and increasing what we pay them for
not doing anything to help us. They seem to support anything ASCP/CAP/CLIA etc
tells them and we are left footing the bill in more way
You are absolutely right. Pathologists are afraid if they are not seen as the
ones doing "complex testing" the last bastion of their power will disappear.
It would help if they just realize how much we do to help them by knowing how
to read and judge whether those "complex tests" are done righ
They are only as good as we are, so we need them to fight for us!!
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
This e-mail, including any attachments is the property
Histology does not get the respect or the recognition because histologists do
not report results. All of the complex testing we do is overlooked because the
pathologists report the results. CLIA standards are based on result
reporting. The CAP has looked the other way for years because path
Yes, regulations are set up that must be followed. What I did in this
situation, was request the slides afterward for review by "my" doctors.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody R
We have heard for years that NSH is working on changing the status to
Laboratory Professionals and so far as I have heard nothing happening to make
the change. A large part of this is ASCP/all organizations
inspecting/licensing are still looking at us as non-skilled labor that requires
only OJ
And the reason so many have been fighting for this for years. If a lab were
looking for a Medical Technologist there would be no question.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Hi Clay,
Most hospitals have a tissue committee that makes decisions about surgical
specimens. These decisions become hospital policy. Most hospitals state that
once a specimen is removed it essentially becomes the property of the hospital.
Release of specimens is usually after it has been acce
I need a little help on a Patient’s rights question.
It is my understanding that when a patient has a procedure, the patient has the
right to request that those specimens be examined by a laboratory of their
choosing. i.e. EGD, colonoscopy, etc
I am in Arkansas.
My father had a proced
Does anyone have a used BioCare Decloaking Chamber (early model - that is
still functioning) that they are interested is selling?
Please contact me directly at the phone/email below.
Thanks!
Pat Patterson, HTL(ASCP)
Supervisor, Immunohistochemistry
ProPath
1355 River Bend Drive
Dallas
Thanks for the input everyone! I can let all involved that other labs have made
the same change (such a dirty word :0)
Elizabeth
>>> "Rathborne, Toni" 9/10/2013 2:50 PM >>>
We've been doing this for years. You'd be surprised with the overall savings
(slides, frequency of changing stains, stor
Hello, I have two questions. 1.) is there a CLIA email newsletter I can sign up
for? And 2.) Does CLIA require a laboratory to have at least 1 certified
Histotechnician? I work in a small urology histology lab where there are 2
histotechs (1 certified and 1 uncertified.) This lab is located in A
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