Re: [Histonet] IHC questions

2017-07-25 Thread Tony Henwood (SCHN) via Histonet
Hi Vicki, We recently did a study that we published in our local journal (Histograph June 2017) that migh be of use: Controlled Section Baking for Immunohistochemistry Tony Henwood, Principal Scientist, Histopathology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead One source of poor immunostaining

[Histonet] Authorization forms

2017-07-25 Thread Elaine allison Hoffman via Histonet
Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some help in creating an authorization form for patients who want to pickup their own slides to take with themto their second opinion doctor or surgeon appointment.  I don't know all the legal jargon to use but I want to type up a form for the patient to sign that

Re: [Histonet] Make the Cut! ICYMI here's my first column - SalaryNegotiations! 7-25-2017

2017-07-25 Thread Victor via Histonet
Pam, Nice article!! Victor Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Pam Barker via Histonet Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 7:54 AM To: Histonetters Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Make the Cut! ICYMI here's my first column - SalaryNegotiations! 7-25-2017 Hi Histonetters, ICYMI - In case you missed

Re: [Histonet] Fungus controls

2017-07-25 Thread Dessasau III, Evan via Histonet
Hi Toysha, How long do you let the tissue/microbes incubate and at room temp? When we tried it in the incubator at different times the tissue was too far gone to make it useful. After a few day you still had viable tissue structure? I'm going to try the liver prep. Thank you so much if you

Re: [Histonet] Fungus controls

2017-07-25 Thread Mayer,Toysha N via Histonet
We got some organisms from the microbiology lab and some fresh lung from autopsy. When the organisms were ready, we 'stuck' the lung with the inoculating loop and let them incubate for a few days. Then we grossed and processed the lung. We were given separate specimens for GMs, AFB, and

[Histonet] Make the Cut! ICYMI here's my first column - Salary Negotiations! 7-25-2017

2017-07-25 Thread Pam Barker via Histonet
Hi Histonetters, ICYMI - In case you missed it!! I am so excited!! My first article has been published in the NSH Quarterly Career Newsletter under my new byline: Make the Cut I will be writing for the NSH Career newsletter on a quarterly basis and a few months ago I asked for topics of

Re: [Histonet] Blood donations for money

2017-07-25 Thread Mayer,Toysha N via Histonet
Well I 'sold' my plasma in the early 1990's. I was in college and needed the money for gas and such. When I went to donate my blood, I was suspected of having Hep C, so I stopped selling my plasma and retested fine. The instruments looked clean, and there was no debris in the parking lot. But

[Histonet] dako omnis ihc stainer pros and cons

2017-07-25 Thread cafechague via Histonet
hi all!we purchased a dako omnis and i would like to get some input on deparaffinization online and offline, as well as counterstaining online. i hear theres a lot of background stain when deparaffinizing online, and using the dako mayer heme stains too light. is this true?our ihc daily slide

[Histonet] IHC questions

2017-07-25 Thread Gauch, Vicki via Histonet
Hi all, I have been asked to post several questions regarding IHC stain issues and am hoping someone has some ideas... We are having issues with IHC cases floating (particularly breast IHC) lately and are wondering 1) How are people storing IHC control slides? Are they being precut