[Histonet] Surepath or thinprep

2018-03-23 Thread Jill Cox via Histonet
Hi Netters, Those of you that perform cytology's which one of these machines do you prefer,surePath or thin prep? Any pros and cons of either? I haven’t done cytology in many years and I’m sure everything has changed as I used to do it manually. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you all

[Histonet] Assistant

2018-03-23 Thread Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF via Histonet
Good Afternoon, We are looking for a per diem person for our Pathology and cytology department. This person will be picking up specimens, doing accessioning, making cassettes, maintaining the grossing room, tissue dumping, assist with FNA's, prep cell buttons and do cytospins and staining.

[Histonet] Telepathology

2018-03-23 Thread Tasha Fraser via Histonet
Can non-grossing Histotech's gross and perform frozen sections and daily grossing via telepathology? The pathologist would be at a different location but guide the histotech to cut tissue via an Elmo Camera. Any and all comments would be appreciated. Tasha Fraser, HT (ASCP) Olympic

[Histonet] Telepathology

2018-03-23 Thread Tasha Fraser via Histonet
Can non-grossing Histotech's gross and perform frozen sections via telepathology? The pathologist would be at a different location but guide the histotech to cut tissue via an Elmo Camera. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the

[Histonet] Microtome maintenance

2018-03-23 Thread Johnson, Teri via Histonet
Hi fellow histonetters, I am interested in finding out what those of you in CAP/CLIA labs are doing for routine maintenance of your microtomes, especially for smaller volume labs. Do you have service contracts set up? Or regular (annual or every other year) maintenance schedules? The cost of

Re: [Histonet] Congo Red

2018-03-23 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
You will need a polarizing filter. The size is just the necessary to cover your light source. René On Friday, March 23, 2018 10:27 AM, Frances Pearsall via Histonet wrote: Can anyone tell me what kind (or size)  glass filter to use to perform

[Histonet] Congo Red

2018-03-23 Thread Frances Pearsall via Histonet
Can anyone tell me what kind (or size) glass filter to use to perform Puchtlers Congo Red? And are the filters re-useable? Thank you, Fran Pearsall ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu