RE: [Histonet] Lab Chairs

2013-09-27 Thread Roberta Horner
I have 2 saddle chairs and I really like them. You have to sit straight on them, no slouching. I have less back aches since I got them. Roberta Horner HT/HTL Penn State University Animal Diagnostic Lab ___ Histonet mailing list

RE: [Histonet] Lab Chairs

2013-09-27 Thread Rathborne, Toni
Do you have a link to where we could see them? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Roberta Horner Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 7:21 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE:

[Histonet] Shredding biopsies

2013-09-27 Thread Arguello, Daniel
Dear Histonetters, I need your help troubleshooting an issue we've had with our colon biopsies since we switched from Safefix (alcohol fixative) to 10% formalin. The complaint I get from the pathologists is that the tissue on these biopsies seems to be shredding, specially on the edge of the

RE: [Histonet] Urine Cytology

2013-09-27 Thread Joe W. Walker, Jr.
Unfortunately, It would depend on the fixative used and the ratio of fixative to specimen. Do you happen to know this information? Joe W. Walker, Jr. MS, SCT(ASCP)CM Anatomical Pathology Manager Rutland Regional Medical Center 160 Allen Street, Rutland, VT 05701 P: 802.747.1790 F: 802.747.6525

[Histonet] RE: Cytology processing staffing

2013-09-27 Thread Joe W. Walker, Jr.
Unfortunately, I am unaware of an official benchmark. We have a similar volume to Ed's but the job is accomplished by 1 person. We do receive the majority of our orders for Pap's, Non's and FNA's electronically so her paperwork duties are minimum. Prior to when we made a transition to

Re: [Histonet] Height detail

2013-09-27 Thread Kim Donadio
You can't stack anything higher than 18 inches from the ceiling. This is the only stack law I'm personally aware of. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Amber McKenzie amber.mcken...@gastrodocs.net wrote: What's the height limit you can stack blocks/slides according to CAP?

RE: [Histonet] Height detail

2013-09-27 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
CAP has no height limit. Your local fire marshal or safety department may well have a ceiling distance minimum. Most places I have been have the 18 distance from ceiling so that fire sprinklers are not blocked - but please check with your safety dept. as yours may well be different. William

[Histonet] continuing ed

2013-09-27 Thread Frankhouser, Deena
Hi I am interested in free CME credits in Histology. Please let me know if any members know of any free education courses. Thank you Deena Frankhouser dfrankhou...@lewistownhospital.org ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] RE: continuing ed

2013-09-27 Thread Elizabeth Chlipala
Both Sakura and Leica have free webinars that will give you CEU credits. I think you can sign up for them on line. Liz Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Laboratory Manager Premier Laboratory, LLC PO Box 18592 Boulder, CO 80308 Work (303) 682-3949 Fax (303) 682-9060 Cell (303) 881-0763

RE: [Histonet] Height detail

2013-09-27 Thread Marla Thomas
OSHA requires 18 distance from the ceiling. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 1:30 PM To: Kim Donadio; Amber McKenzie Cc:

[Histonet] Fatty Mammary Gland Processing

2013-09-27 Thread Freeman, Lisa*
I would greatly appreciate any input you have on processing fatty rodent mammary glands. Our current processing protocol for mammary gland/large animal is 16 hours long. 1 hour X 8 ETOH (graded from 70% to 100%) 1 hour 20 minutes X 3 Xylene 1 hour 20 minutes X 3 paraffin The rodents are very

[Histonet] Microwave Processors

2013-09-27 Thread Dubansky, Benjamin
Can some of you weigh in on how you feel about microwave histoprocessors? I am terrified that my samples will end up like raisins. They swear that these milestone processors are just as good as any other method, in terms of quality. I'ts all I have right now and it is very tempting to use

[Histonet] RE: Microwave Processors

2013-09-27 Thread Morken, Timothy
Ben, we used a Thermo Histowave II (made by Electron Beam Sciences) for many years for rush transplant biopsies. It worked Ok and the results were about 90% of the quality of regularly-processed tissue - however I think the slightly lessened quality was the shorter fixation time the bx had -