Re: [Histonet] Releasing of Patient Tissue

2017-01-18 Thread Greg Dobbin via Histonet
Vanessa, We strongly encourage people that make such requests to use a funeral home or crematorium to handle the tissue for them (for example an aborted fetus; or some cultures wish to have an amputated limb buried in their future burial plot). If they take their own amputated limb and then were to

[Histonet] cytology and histology jobs in IL

2017-01-18 Thread Linda Margraf via Histonet
Here is a message I am posting for Katrina, a non-Histonet member. Please contact her (email address at the bottom)if you have questions. Thanks! ACL Laboratories, Rosemont, IL Supervisor Cytology Lab ACL Laboratories is jointly operated by Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care and Advocate He

[Histonet] California State Histo Symposium

2017-01-18 Thread Jennifer MacDonald via Histonet
The California Society for Histotechnology will be hosting the 41st Annual Symposium in San Jose May 19-21 at the Hilton. We are accepting abstracts for workshops at this time. Although it is the 41st we will be celebrating our 40th. Please email me with your abstract. jmacdonald...@gmail.com

Re: [Histonet] Release of patient tissue

2017-01-18 Thread Terri Braud via Histonet
Our policy is to not release any wet tissue except by subpoena, except for purposes of burial, and then only released to a funeral director. Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Laboratory Holy Redeemer Hospital 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 ph: 215-938-3689 fax: 21

[Histonet] Primera slide printers

2017-01-18 Thread Teri Johnson via Histonet
Hi Histoland, I would love to hear from folks who are currently using the Primera slide printers in your lab. We are working towards bringing them on line (networked) and still have not worked out the physical bugs for printing and slide jamming. We want to know some of the issues you have work

Re: [Histonet] Releasing of Patient Tissue

2017-01-18 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
Never mind what other people do, just ask your legal department what to do because this may involve legal consequences.René  On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:47 AM, Vanessa Keeton via Histonet wrote: Good Morning All! I was wondering what everyone's policies were on releasing of pati

[Histonet] Releasing of Patient Tissue

2017-01-18 Thread Vanessa Keeton via Histonet
Good Morning All! I was wondering what everyone's policies were on releasing of patient tissue other than stones, placentas, and hardware. Normally we only release stones, placentas, and hardware but have been receiving request for other types of tissues lately and was just curious as to what the

[Histonet] staining samples years in formalin

2017-01-18 Thread Mary Lou Norman via Histonet
Dear Histonetters, My samples have been in formalin up to 3 years and there have been complaints about poor staining. Please help me with solutions if there are any. My controls have not been in formalin as long. The complaint has been with the Alcian Blue pH2.5 and Saf O specifically. The sampl