Re: [Histonet] Beaker with or without Vantage

2017-11-29 Thread Cristi Rigazio via Histonet
We use Beaker across our system and like anything it has its pros and cons. Tim is correct, it was NOT developed for Pathology, rather for physicians and the lab module was an afterthought. Our IHC lab uses Vantage with Middleware and things go really well for them to my knowledge, but it

[Histonet] agar to make cell blocks

2017-11-29 Thread Blanca Lopez via Histonet
Hi everybody! Is anybody willing to share their protocols to make a cell block please. I have a customer that use agarose 2% (nusieve GTG agar) but we are having trouble to take the gel out of the tube, breaks easily even when I try to cut the gel cylinder. I told her to make agar 4% microwave

Re: [Histonet] Beaker with or without Vantage

2017-11-29 Thread Morken, Timothy via Histonet
Ginny, when you say "slow down our whole process" is that slowness in the system or mismatch of the LIS to the pathology process? My understanding is that this was originally designed for use in public health labs (EpicLab), which are quite different than pathology labs. Now they are trying to

Re: [Histonet] Beaker

2017-11-29 Thread Mark Pawlowski via Histonet
Good luck with Beaker. We switched in April and had many issues. Insist on a complete run through of a specimen, from collecting to billing before you go live. We had issues where our pathologist did not have access, printers were not linked, etc. Get used to the phrase "It's hard coded"

Re: [Histonet] gross photography

2017-11-29 Thread Gudrun Lang via Histonet
Hi, We use MakroPath from Milestone in a routine histolab. The camera is mounted on the top oft he grossing-station, with an integrated PC+monitor and pedals for zooming and taking photos. Within this system you can mark the pictures, draw something, measure something ... In comparison to the

[Histonet] Lab related blog post

2017-11-29 Thread Lester Raff MD via Histonet
For those interested, Part 1 of a two part blog about pathology and diagnosis. http://www.chicagonow.com/downsize-maybe/2017/11/i-give-people-cancer-part-1/ Have a good week. Lester J. Raff, MD MBA UroPartners Medical Director Of Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154