So most admin foljs do not know abt us until someone in their family had a bx
and needed a dx thsn all of a sudden we needed to jump thru hoops and they were
our best rriend
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From: Bernice Frederick
On occasion you might lose the metachromatic staining with T. Blue if you if
you dehydrate in alcohol. We normally air dry, place in xylene and coverslip.
You will never run into a problem with the staining if you do that.
Liz
Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Premier Laboratory, LLC
As a pathologist I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who have made
comments like this.. forget trained monkeys and dogs, most (all?) pathologists
cannot cut slides either, at least not slides they'd want to try to read. I
know I can't.
-Nancy Stedman
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Try the method at:
http://stainsfile.info/StainsFile/stain/cell/aldtolblue.htm
Bryan Llewellyn
Kimberly Marshall wrote:
?Hello my fellow Histo Techs. Have a question I just know someone out there
can answer for me.
In canine tissue, we are having problems with the Tol Blue for mast cell.
Thanks Dr. Stedman! Good to hear!
Michael Ann
On 3/24/15, 3:22 PM, Stedman, Nancy nancy.sted...@buschgardens.com
wrote:
As a pathologist I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who have
made comments like this.. forget trained monkeys and dogs, most (all?)
pathologists cannot cut
The mast cells are meant to turn purple. It’s a metachromatic stain. So the tol
blue stains the tissue blue and the mast cells purple.
Mast cell granules Purple
Acid Mucosubstance Purple
Nuclei Blue
Mast
This is a great example of what can be accomplished as a HistoPROFESSIONAL.
I commend you Patti and the bottom line is take responsibility for your own
career path/ladder.
Two things as HISTOPROFESSIONALS we can contribute, continuing education and to
pay it forward.
My personal experience has
I agree
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From: Carl Nituda cnit...@nvdermatology.com
Date:03/24/2015 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Marcum, Pamela A pamar...@uams.edu, 'Sanders, Jeanine
(CDC/OID/NCEZID)' j...@cdc.gov, Sue suetp...@comcast.net,
Mast cells granules are metachromatic. What you see is the expected
staining reaction.
From: Kimberly Marshall kimbe...@animalreferencepathology.com
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: 03/24/2015 02:20 PM
Subject:[Histonet] Tol Blue
Jennifer, we require a BA/BS degree for all Histotechnologist positions.
However, in our 4 step categories Level 1 does not require certification, just
the degree and the requirement that they get the certification within a year.
Advancement to level 2 to 4 requires an HT or HTL certification
Nothing will give you the results you will obtain by hand cleaning you SS
glassware! René J.
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:35 AM, Bitting, Angela K.
akbitt...@geisinger.edu wrote:
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So just out of curiosity is the pay on the same level as that of a Med Tech
with a BS?
Does the BA/BS have to be in Histotechnology or is the BA/BS followed by one of
the on-line certificate programs?
Tom
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
AP Section Head
LRGHealthcare
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I apologize for misplacing the original posting about this.
Measuring the number of cells in sections is very tricky and varies
considerably with the thickness of the section and the size of the cells.
In general the thicker the section the more accurate the count as there are
more complete
Pam, true enough. Indeed, for the annual NSH survey my only comment was that
NSH has been ineffective in convincing pathology departments of the value of an
HT or HTL certification - to the point that many are now questioning its value
at all. Ours is one of few institutions that requires
Tom, no, Histo does start lower than med techs, but consider that a med tech
has specialty training from the time they decide to go that route while most
histotechs have general biology degrees and nothing but on the job training.
Even with a certification a Histotech is not at the same level
In most cases it means nothing and if you are in Histology and the
administration considers Histology a non-professional laboratory personnel area
the pay is lower. Sorry I have fought this for 5.5 years here and the
difference between an HT and HTL is the degree only not the registry. If it
I agree, BUTas long as many pathologists think you can teach any
trained dog how to section histology will never have the recognition those of
us that have studied and trained deserve.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Tasha,
That is a little nuts! We have the same stainer, just ordered some
replacement racks ourselves. We only paid about $50 per rack.
Catherine Simonson, B.S., HT (ASCP)
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I know someone personally that works in a hospital and it hast
Histotechnologist by his nameand he never took the HTL exam. He said his
hospital bases it on experience
From: Carl Nituda [cnit...@nvdermatology.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:32
I've had more than one pathologist tell me a monkey could do my job.
Though one of them said it with a smile and added a very highly skilled
and well trained monkey, he was one of the few who knew better.
How many of us monkeys have trained the whining and complaining residents
how to do things
I personally think that a person just can't call themselves a Histotechnologist
unless they went to school, training, and then pass the BOC by ASCP. Anyone, I
mean anyone can perform a job with proper training in any field but that
doesn't mean they should have that title until they pass
Finan Templeton Dermatopathology Associates is seeking a full-time certified
Histotechnician to join our incredible team. Along with competitive wages,
we offer Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Profit
Sharing, and other benefits. To be considered for the position email
I agree and I am questioning NSH and what it is doing for us. I support them
mainly because they are creating some education routes for people who need
CEUs. I prefer to spent my time with state and regional societies in Histology
as they are attempting to find ways to attract more people to
They don't realize the theory we have to learn and those questions we have
to answer like What's the best fixative for a pheochromocytoma? You tell
them and they say the pathologist says B-5, to which I said, well they
wouldn't pass out registry exam with that answer.Grrr. Or the
OMG Pam~ our pathologist said the exact same thing to us when we started
our Grossing training.
Sheesh. . .
Michael Ann
On 3/24/15, 11:52 AM, Marcum, Pamela A pamar...@uams.edu wrote:
That was nicer than the pathologist who told me years ago, any monkey
could be trained to do my job. I
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Can we clone her?
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From: Mark Turner [mailto:mtur...@csilaboratories.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 3:26 PM
To: Paula Sicurello; Michael Ann Jones
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela A;
Timothy Morken
Subject: RE:
Hello Histonetter:
A student working with me and I have completed a little project
characterizing plant mutations whose expression is manifested in the
size/shape of the cells. Typically, how many cells per specimen are
measured? I was planning to digitally measure a sample of cells in each
Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology
Our laboratory decided when CLIA 88 came out, that we would require an
associate's degree in science and a MLT or HT certification as a minimum
to work in histology. The pay is the same for histology as in clinical
departments. I strongly feel that was a
For what its worth, in my entire career, the pay has never been the same for
an HTL with a bachelors and the same experience as any MT, and sometimes less
than an MLT. I think maybe only once or twice I did get paid more ( like 5
cents) for having an HTL versus HT. Hospitals are horrible
Dear Histonetters,
For those facilities that have a pneumatic tube system in use, do any formalin
fixed samples get delivered in this manner? The vast majority of our samples
will not be, for obvious reasons. But there has been some discussion of
combining bone marrow cores and aspirates
I once worked with a Pathologist who said she was in a group meeting of other
pathologists when one of them blurted out that a trained monkey could cut
slides. My pathologist, having had the opportunity to review some cases from
the offender's laboratory, promptly replied Yes, and with the
That was nicer than the pathologist who told me years ago, any monkey could be
trained to do my job. I basically did not take the job I was interviewing for
at the time. At least the next interview went a lot better and I did take the
job.
Pam
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From:
Fortunately times have changed. The person I replaced in the late 70's early
80's had been brought in from the hospital laundry and was trained. They
were still pouring embedding molds then. She did a beautiful job at cutting
and staining HE slides and 2 or 3 specials but that was all there
Wow. That was kind of harsh, Tim. I came out of an HT program that required the
same prereqs as most med tech programs, so I had that as well as education
specific to the field of Histotechnology. My education was VERY structured. I
am, however, finishing my BS in Biology so that I can get my
?Hello my fellow Histo Techs. Have a question I just know someone out there
can answer for me.
In canine tissue, we are having problems with the Tol Blue for mast cell. Am
experiencing metachromasia, or the mast cells turning purple not blue. I have
attempted to decrease time, or add time,
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