Elizabeth, I certainly wasn't talking about volunteer platelet donors, a
totally different, very dedicated bunch. I would continue to observe that
plasma centers are located in fairly sleazy parts of town.
I wish I could continue to be a donor - whole blood, because I'm a rare
donor (group O, and
I had no idea that there was a shortage of immune globulin. When I was with
Red Cross in the 1970s, we were awash in it, though only a few batches were
usable IV, a technology that was just developing then.
If we disrupt the health care payment system, the plight of our
hemophiliacs will be really
Here is a link to the Center for blood products evaluation and research
(CBER) and the FDA that regulate this industry.
I have consulted for this industry as a 6 sigma black belt and MT(ASCP).
The level of compliance and regulatory standards that the plasma industry
has to abide by puts most clinic
I would contact your local department of public health or your states governing
agency for hazardous/biological waste - for example in Colorado our hazardous
waste is controlled by the Colorado Department of Health. You should be able
to register a complaint through them.
On a personal note an
Under FDA guidelines plasmapheresis donor are held to a higher standard
than red cell downers when it comes to qualifications.
Plasmapheresis donors are required take a physical once a year by a
registered nurse.
Each plasma donor center must a medical director that can only be filled by
a licensed
Question about ordering Lung Tumor Profiles;
How are lung tumor profiles being ordered at your facility; at the time the
pathologist is diagnosing or are they ordered at a later date by the patient's
oncologist?
For those of you that order at time of diagnosing are you getting reimbursed or
ar
I've been told by one of my pathologists that blue cheese for a fungus control
would work.
Akemi Allison
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> On Jul 24, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Charles Riley via Histonet
> wrote:
>
> Does anyone grow their own fungus control blocks for GMS and AFB stains?
>
> If so would you min
Does anyone grow their own fungus control blocks for GMS and AFB stains?
If so would you mind sharing your procedure for doing so. I tried using
rotten oranges but the sample wouldn't hold onto the counterstain.
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Charles Riley BS HT, HTL(ASCP)CM
Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs
