[Histonet] H. pylori

2014-03-27 Thread Abbott, Tanya
Can anyone recommend a good commercially bought slide for H.pylori? Thanks! Tanya Tanya G. Abbott RT (CSMLS) Manager Technologist, Histology/Cytology St. Joseph Medical Center Reading, PA 19603-0316 ph 610-378-2635 fax 610-898-5871 email: tanyaabb...@catholichealth.net This electronic mail

[Histonet] RE: Body Release and Cleanin in Morgue

2014-03-27 Thread Rathborne, Toni
Security is responsible for the release of bodies to funeral homes, and all staff must contact Security to access the morgue. We have found that to be the best way to avoid being questioned about anything. We have stretchers here not drawers, so I can't respond to that. -Original

[Histonet] IHC VALIDATION

2014-03-27 Thread Sara Baldwin/mhhcc.org
Histonetters does anyone have a validation form that reflects the new principles of validation out there that would be willing to share??? Thanks Histology/Cytology Supervisor S. Kathy Baldwin, SCT (ASCP) Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center sbald...@mhhcc.org Ph 812-996-0210, 0216, Fax

RE: [Histonet] IHC VALIDATION

2014-03-27 Thread Cartun, Richard
I keep an Excel spreadsheet on all my antibodies (and probes). I list the case number, the tissue tested, the result, is this the expected result?, diagnosis and/or comments, and the detection system used. I am a firm believer of maintaining a prospective validation meaning I add positive and

[Histonet] MUM-1 is the word.

2014-03-27 Thread Davis, Cassie
Patrick, Kudos to you, you saved my sanity. It came out B-E-U-tiful. I just hope our Medical Direct likes it. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Cassandra Davis cda...@che-east.org 302-575-8095 From: Patrick Laurie [foreig...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday,

[Histonet] RE: Body Release and Cleanin in Morgue

2014-03-27 Thread Wanda.Smith
It is Nursing Services at my Hospital. WANDA G. SMITH, HTL(ASCP)HT Pathology Supervisor TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER 9330 Medical Plaza Drive Charleston, SC  29406 843-847-4586 843-847-4296 fax This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and

RE: [Histonet] RE: Body Release and Cleanin in Morgue

2014-03-27 Thread Terri Brown
It is the Pathology Lab at Northside Atlanta for releasing a body to funeral home. We have engineering to clean seals on our cooler and EVS to mop in the cooler weekly. Terri H. Brown, HT (ASCP) Pathology Laboratory Manager Northside Hospital Atlanta terri.br...@northside.com -Original

[Histonet] RE: Body Release and Cleanin in Morgue

2014-03-27 Thread Tom McNemar
We stopped doing autopsies years ago. Since then, we have transferred ownership of the morgue to Nursing Services and have nothing to do with it. Before all that it was the deiner who was responsible for releasing the bodies and saw that it was cleaned by environmental services after each

[Histonet] IHC blast cells in bone marrow specimen

2014-03-27 Thread Susan Foreman
Good afternoon, Histonetters. What antibody do you have good luck with for staining blast cells in bone marrow specimen (ffpe). By the way, we are using the Ventana Benchmark Ultra staining platform. Our pathologist isn't super enthused about our current antibody clone. Many Thanks,

[Histonet] RE: CAP Question, New Reagent Lot Confirmation of

2014-03-27 Thread Davis, Cassie
A pathologist is designated to sign off in our lab. Cassandra Davis cda...@che-east.org 302-575-8095 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information

[Histonet] processing tissue with silicone mesh in it

2014-03-27 Thread pruegg
Does anyone have any experience with processing tissues with silicone mesh in them so that the silicone is not dissolved by xylene and we also assume that it might be dissolved by MMA or GMA polymers since they are strong solvents in their own right? Thank you, Patsy Patsy Ruegg,

RE: [Histonet] processing tissue with silicone mesh in it

2014-03-27 Thread saby_joseph_a
Patsy- We routinely process and section many meshes in paraffin. I would suggest processing a sample, embedding and sectioning to see if you can get good sections. It is worth a try. Joe Saby NAMSA Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S®4. Original message

[Histonet] monkey question

2014-03-27 Thread Grantham, Andrea L - (algranth)
Does formalin fixation (or Bouins) inactivate Herpes B virus that may have been passed on from infected Macaque monkeys? Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP) Senior Research Specialist University of Arizona Cellular and Molecular Medicine Histology Service Laboratory P.O.Box 245044 Tucson, AZ 85724