[Histonet] Fw: Sliding Microtome

(2nd attempt)? To all: I have a Neuro-Pathologist colleague that is looking to learn how to use a sliding microtome. Is there anyone out there that would be willing to show him the basics? Walter Benton HT(ASCP)QIHC Lab Operations Manager Chesapeake Urology Associates 806 Landmark Drive,

[Histonet] Medical Laboratory Survey Invitation

Dear Histonet, My name is Mari Yang and I am a doctorate student pursuing a degree in Management and Organizational Leadership. I have the unique opportunity to facilitate a study exploring the extent to which spiritual leadership positively influences organizational commitment, productivity,

Re: [Histonet] Porcessing FFPE tissue without alcohol??

To embed the tissues with paraffin you HAVE TO dehydrate the tissue. This is usually done with either ethanol of 2-propanol but essentially all dehydrants will remove fat so you are right, the way to go is going frozen sections.René On Thursday, March 24, 2016 2:24 PM, "Dessasau III, Evan

[Histonet] Porcessing FFPE tissue without alcohol??

Hi Histonet, is there a way to process tissue for paraffin embedding without using alcohol? One of the labs that send their processing to us will be doing a study examining fat. I told them if they want to look at the fat they will have to cut frozen sections but I'm

Re: [Histonet] cassette colors and scanning

I would not recommend florescent pink, red or aqua. The colors that we currently use are yellow, white, green, lilac, light pink (salmon), and orange (on Printmate's only). We had many trials and tribulations when it came to the barcodes actually scanning. We went through three different

[Histonet] cassette colors and scanning

Good morning everyone! Do any of you have any advice regarding which color cassettes do not work well with the barcode scanning systems currently in use today? Thanks much! Jeanine H. Sanders Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd., NE

[Histonet] How does your lab handle lunch meetings? (blog post)

http://www.chicagonow.com/downsize-maybe/2016/03/never-let-a-doctor-plan-your-lunch/ Lester J. Raff, MD MBA UroPartners Medical Director Of Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel: 708-486-0076 Fax: 708-492-0203 ___ Histonet

Re: [Histonet] bone marrow clots

We use the syringe used for the smears and the syringe used for the aspirate. We do not put it in an anti-coagulate. We simply let the syringe specimen clot and place it in lens paper in a cassette and place in 10% formalin for processing. If you are doing Flow Cytometry/Cytogenetic studies