Re: [Histonet] temporal arteries

2015-01-26 Thread Rene J Buesa
There are no standards about this issue and all will depend on what your pathologist wants to screen.Remember that SUPPOSEDLY your PT will have to screen avery thing you do.Ask your PT in what is s/he wants to screen to feel "comfortable" with the diagnosis.René J.  On Monday, January 26,

[Histonet] temporal arteries

2015-01-26 Thread Algeo, Lacie A
Hi All! Does anyone know of a standard that indicates how many cross sections must be evaluated on a temp art? Also, any standard on running an elastic stain routinely? Currently, we are cutting our temp arts into 8 or so pieces per cassette. After that we do 6 slides with serial sections. S

[Histonet] New cryostat decontamination CAP statndard

2015-01-26 Thread Longo, Julia C (MD)
Jeff Silverman, I saw your notes online regarding decontaminating cryostats. I was wondering if there is anything new? We have old cryostats that have to be thawed to be decontaminated. We are having a hard time getting this done on both of them every week. Thanks, Julia Longo, MD This message

[Histonet] RE: Amyloid by Congo Red

2015-01-26 Thread Preiszner, Johanna
Hi, I can send amyloid positive control tissue block (cerebral amyloid vasculitis), just send me an email to preis...@etsu.edu with your mailing address. Very nice staining, tissue was harvested two month ago. We have more than we'll ever use up. Cheers, Hanna __