RE: [Histonet] Dragon Voice Recognition software

2014-09-26 Thread Keyser Gerald T
Voice to text cannot cope with doctors mumbling into recorders. Even the best VRS only hits about 95% of the regular dictionary; which is very good. But, a 5% error rate is wildly unacceptable in a clinical environment. Another parallel is trying to apply handwriting recognition software to a

RE: [Histonet] Dragon Voice Recognition software

2014-09-26 Thread Joelle Weaver
The work that can be done in histology-pathology is endless! I know that in past positions that sometimes transcriptionists have felt threatened by voice recognition dictation and software when it was suggested. I don't really blame them for these feelings, but it never turned out the way they w

RE: [Histonet] TGIF

2014-09-26 Thread Joelle Weaver
Wow, I have been up too long, sorry for the typos...I hope you all can get the point and joke. Happy weekend! Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC > From: joellewea...@hotmail.com > To: timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:24

RE: [Histonet] TGIF

2014-09-26 Thread Joelle Weaver
This is super funny, Tim. My personal favorite is on occasion HR people have mispronounced as offered me a "history" position. Not sure what that would me I would do? Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC > From: timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.e

[Histonet] Study using Resin Embedding

2014-09-26 Thread Paula Lucas
Hello, We are doing a study on molar roots for a company in Orange County, California. The study is working with tissues embedded in paraffin blocks and they would like a study using resin embedded histology. We do not have the capability to do this study, so if your company is able to help them,

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2014-09-26 Thread Paula Lucas
Hello, We are doing a study on molar roots for a company in Orange County, California. The study is working with tissues embedded in paraffin blocks and they would like a study using resin embedded histology. We do not have the capability to do this study, so if your company is able to help them,

Re: [Histonet] double-staining / multi-color / co-localization IHC

2014-09-26 Thread Michael Thompson
Please see our website. We have 6 different colors and all kits needed. I sm happy to help. Michael Thompson Dir of Sales Diagnostic BioSystems 4128601288 www.dbiosys.com "IHC Made Affordable" Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "Kiousis, Sam" wrote: Does

[Histonet] double-staining / multi-color / co-localization IHC

2014-09-26 Thread Kiousis, Sam
Does anyone have any experience with double-staining / multi-color / co-localization immunohistochemistry? Any protocols or kits you have used in the past would be most helpful. I'm attempting to use 2 antibodies, CD68 and HER2, that have worked well in the past individually and combine them t

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2014-09-26 Thread Sophia Lin
We are a small GI laboratory in Murrieta, CA looking for a part time histotechnician. Certification suggested, but not required. Looking for dedicated and committed person who is a team player and can work well with others. Please submit applications to lins0...@gmail.com Thanks!

Re: [Histonet] MediaLab is Looking for Histology Course Authors

2014-09-26 Thread Rooster
I would be very interested in working in any teaching capacity for histology. Please contact me further and tell me how I can get involved. Thanx, Christopher M. Copeland HT(ASCP) > On Sep 25, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Joelle Weaver wrote: > > I wanted to say that when I have worked with Medilab

[Histonet] RE: IF on paraffin

2014-09-26 Thread James Watson
Ronald, We stain IF on paraffin all the time, typically about 100-200 slides per week . We quench all of our fluorescence work with CuSO4. Here is our CuSo4 quenching technique. Since quenching depends on what is causing the autofluorescence we have other protocols using 2.0mM Glycine, Sodiu

[Histonet] Histotech Wanted

2014-09-26 Thread Sophia Lin
We are a small GI laboratory looking for a part time histotechnician. Certification suggested, but not required. Looking for dedicated and committed person who is a team player and can work well with others. Please submit applications to lins0...@gmail.com Thanks!

[Histonet] RE: can you unsubscribe me please?

2014-09-26 Thread Weems, Joyce K.
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[Histonet] can you unsubscribe me please?

2014-09-26 Thread Masood, S. Kathryn
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[Histonet] IF on paraffin

2014-09-26 Thread Houston, Ronald
Anyone doing this? Needs some pointers in balancing quenching autofluorescence and suppression of fluorescent signal Thanks Ronnie Houston, MS HT(ASCP)QIHC Anatomic Pathology Manager ChildLab, a Division of Nationwide Children's Hospital www.childlab.com 700 Children's Drive Columbus, OH 43205

RE: [Histonet] Dragon Voice Recognition software

2014-09-26 Thread Houston, Ronald
we've got plenty of other tasks for them to do! Plus we are an academic center so there are grants to write, articles, abstratcs and presentations to prepare, send-outs and consults to handle….the list goes on and on From: Jay Lundgren [mailto:jaylundg...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2

[Histonet] TGIF

2014-09-26 Thread Morken, Timothy
Some fun for FRIDAY! http://histosearch.com/imageupload/what-my-friends-think-i-do-histotech/ Tim Morken Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center Box 1656 505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco, CA 94143 USA 415.514-6042 (office) ti

Re: [Histonet] Dragon Voice Recognition software

2014-09-26 Thread Jay Lundgren
I'd imagine it would really upset the transcriptionists, because you wouldn't need them anymore? On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Houston, Ronald < ronald.hous...@nationwidechildrens.org> wrote: > Is anyone using this transcribing directly into Sunquest CoPathPlus? > > How successful was the tran

[Histonet] Supervisors Needed

2014-09-26 Thread Buechel, Lyndsey
Hi Histonetters. Wanted to share that Covance is hiring Supervisors to oversee a group of histology and necropsy technicians. We have open positions both in Madison, WI and Greenfield, IN. You can view the job descriptions and apply here. For the Madison location: http://jobsearch.covance.com/