[Histonet] temperature charts

2016-02-03 Thread Bryan, Karen via Histonet
Hi! We have a temperature chart form that we created and use across all instruments and areas. It is one chart for the whole year and has an area for review date and signature at the end of each month. We have daily thermometers. These may be regular thermometers or built in to the instrument.

[Histonet] PPE/ Hair Regulations

2016-02-03 Thread Seeley, Heather via Histonet
Hello All! Wondering what your lab requires for histology as far as lab coat length and hair policy? We have a bit of a controversy going on and was wanting to get some feedback from fellow histotechs! We are in a hospital and the histology department is located within the lab. Thanks, H

Re: [Histonet] Temperatures

2016-02-03 Thread Rathborne, Toni via Histonet
Use a NIST certified thermometer as you would with other lab thermometers for comparison. Toni -Original Message- From: Walter Benton via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:57 AM To: Fawn Bomar; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu S

Re: [Histonet] Temperatures

2016-02-03 Thread Walter Benton via Histonet
Secondary thermometer in paraffin reservoir of embedding center. -Original Message- From: Fawn Bomar via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:23 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Temperatures Hi All, I was

[Histonet] Temperatures

2016-02-03 Thread Fawn Bomar via Histonet
Hi All, I was wondering how everyone tracked their cryostat and paraffin temperatures. Do you all just use the machine temperature, or do you all use the machine and a second thermometer as verification? Thank you Fawn - This ele

[Histonet] BSL2 work?

2016-02-03 Thread Lesley Bechtold via Histonet
Good Morning, Are there any labs out there capable of handling BSL2 level work? In the future, we might have some mouse tissue samples that have been infiltrated with human brain or spinal cord cells. The issue is prions and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. We're not set up to handle these samples