[Histonet] Open Position HT/HTL

2014-10-20 Thread Stacy McLaughlin
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA has an opening for a 30 hour per week HT/HTL. We are a community hospital with ~120 beds and we process just under 10,000 surgical cases a year. The Histology laboratory team consists of one 40 hour HT, a working supervisor, a part time lab assi

[Histonet] QIHC exam

2014-10-20 Thread Amy Johnson
Is there any info or mock exams on the QIHC that people can get to see if they are ready to take the exam?? Thanks, Amylin Johnson, BS HTL(ASCP) Associates in Pathology Wausau, WI 715-847-2130 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 131, Issue 22 ] Reticle Stain

2014-10-20 Thread Abbott, Tanya
I agree with Rebecca. We had this problems constantly at the previous hospital I worked at and were in contact with Ventana frequently regarding this issue. It is my understanding that this hospital is still having problems and that a Ventana rep is in there frequently to perform decons. It's al

[Histonet] Re: processing and staining preserved specimen

2014-10-20 Thread Teri Johnson
With the 100% ETOH, Histoclear, and paraffin, you will need two changes as has already been mentioned. Dense, thick or fatty tissues require more time. Given these are small animal tissues you may be able to cut your time in each station in half. You also may think about using isopropanol rather

Re: [Histonet] Protargol S

2014-10-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
Protargol, as you well know, oxidizes very easily after you open the container, so I prepared my own protargol every time I needed it and the results were always consistent and of great quality.Under separate cover I am forwarding you  an article I wrote on the JoH on the subject.René J. 

[Histonet] Mount-Quick for tissue transfer?

2014-10-20 Thread Eva Permaul
Good morning Histonetters, I was wondering if anyone has used Mount-Quick to transfer tissue from uncharged slides to charged slides. We had a submitter give us slides for staining on uncharged slides and the tissue comes off the slide during antigen retrieval. I remember reading about this product

[Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 131, Issue 20

2014-10-20 Thread Riesen, Rebecca
We had this issue and found that there was contamination in the lines and buffer of the Benchmark. After working with Ventana it was noticed that "big" labs that went through their kits quickly were not experiencing the problem, but us "little-guys" had an issue after a certain period or time (

Re: [Histonet] Protargol S

2014-10-20 Thread Tina Van Meter
​Hi Freida, American MasterTech has a Bodian Stain Kit #KC245Z, $48.00 Kind regards, Tina Tina Van Meter, HT (ASCP) Histology Core Manager Scripps Research Institute Jupiter, FL On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Freida Carson wrote: > Does anyone have a source for good protargol for Bodian sta

[Histonet] Protargol S

2014-10-20 Thread Freida Carson
Does anyone have a source for good protargol for Bodian stains? A friend in Sweden is asking. Sent from my iPhone ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] Dallas job openings

2014-10-20 Thread Michelle Lamphere
We have full and part time openings at Children's Health in Dallas, TX. Positions require qualification for High Complexity Testing. Please contact me directly to inquire. Michelle Lamphere Senior Tech, Histology Children's Health 214-456-2318 michelle.lamph...@childrens.com Please consider t

[Histonet] Staining bacteria in cryo + paraffin

2014-10-20 Thread Mikael Niku
Hello! What is your preferred method to show ANY bacteria (mostly intestinal flora) on cryo AND paraffin sections? Two different stains OK. With best regards, Mikael ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwes