Re: [Histonet] Cold ischemic times

2022-02-15 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
never knew what time it was but we knew how sublime it was. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable Ag Tech Beijing. Greg Dobbin via Histonet wrote: This is more of a survey than a question: For those of you tracking and documenting your cold ischemic times for breast tissue (ie time out of body to time

Re: [Histonet] The LEGAL side of specimen ownership

2021-08-19 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
//youtu.be/UDfAdHBtK_Q?t=445 E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Terri Braud via Histonet wrote: Sorry, E. Wayne, but in the USA, according to December 2004 JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 292(20):2500-5, recent examination of these issues by a US federal cour

Re: [Histonet] release of body parts

2021-08-19 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
l property and the mining of it from your body gives the hospital no particular right to take control of it any more than they have the right to take control of a birthed infant. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing John Garratt via Histonet wrote: I suggest that path labs start a discussion

Re: [Histonet] release of body parts

2021-08-18 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
I wanted my femoral heads after a dual hip replacement. I was refused as it was against local policy but the surgeon was kind enough to take some pictures for me and sawed through one sagitally so that i could see the pathology. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Cartun, Richard via

Re: [Histonet] Dragon

2021-02-10 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
stodgy and unfriendly and hard to get along with. E. Wayne Johnson, DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Terri Braud via Histonet wrote: We were using mModal and are in transition to Voicebrook which uses Dragon as a speech recognition set up with SQ CoPath for both grossing and microscopic dictations. We

Re: [Histonet] Maximum and Minimum Temperatures on Embedding Center Paraffin Tanks

2020-12-08 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
You could warm the paraffin in an oven overnight to melt it so that the heat of fusion is not extracted from the embedding center paraffin tanks when it is added as melted paraffin at 58-65 degrees. Pairan, Kelly via Histonet wrote: Good Afternoon, Recently we starting taking the daily maximum

Re: [Histonet] Blades

2020-11-17 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
In China we can buy Leica, Feather, or domestic. The domestic ones are not uniformly good or bad. I am really really tired of Feather and I consider that my time is worth something so I insist that we use Leica although they are as "high as a cat's back". > ---Original Message--- >

Re: [Histonet] Tissue processor errors, failures and what to do

2020-07-04 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
modes on the machine could be the difference between joy and the slough of despond. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Patpxs via Histonet wrote: Hi Garrey, The answer is “it depends”. What you do when a processor fails depends on the failure point. If the tissue is still in dehydrant

Re: [Histonet] Formalin fixation for COVID-19 positive tissues .....

2020-04-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
rush to get the results so the CDC's C.Y.A. time doesn't cause trouble but waiting 72 hours for a surgical path result would seem to be just wasting time. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Tony Henwood (SCHN) via Histonet wrote: Hi Richard, It will depend on the size of the tissue

Re: [Histonet] FW: Microtome at home

2020-04-16 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
der to overcome "friction"." E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Mark Tarango via Histonet wrote: I had heard that CLIA was relaxing things and is not requiring a new # to work from home right now. Best to check on the regulatory but FFPE isn't typically infectious. The

Re: [Histonet] On-line references

2020-03-26 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
And I appreciate Bryan Llewellyn and the other old experienced hands and I really like Gray and Humason and even Lillie, and the others and the way they wrote and the way they thought, and their delight and fascination with the world they were discovering. E. Wayne Johnson Enable AgTech Beijing

Re: [Histonet] UV LIGHT BOX to kill BLOODBORNE PATH

2019-11-23 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
(as a substitute for incineration). E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Paula via Histonet wrote: Hello, Has anyone ventured out and looked into a UV light instrument, like a box that can kill any bloodborne pathogens that are on paper (grossing area..where the patient req form is used

Re: [Histonet] Tissue Tek TEC 6 Embedding Centre

2019-05-30 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
I am skeptical that parts are not available for these relatively new (fifteen years old) machines... Of course reliability is a serious concern in any case. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing Etheridge, Sandra AGRI:EX via Histonet wrote: Hi everyone, We are looking to purchase a new

Re: [Histonet] Processing Veterinary Samples

2019-04-16 Thread e wayne johnson via Histonet
The vet samples can be processed just any other animal tissue whether they be human or rat. People is animals too. Formalin fixed there are no special safety issues. E. Wayne Johnson DVM Enable AgTech Beijing ewj Email:e...@pigs.ag Signature is customized by Netease Mail Master On 04/16/2019 08

Re: [Histonet] PIG processing tissue

2017-09-06 Thread E. Wayne johnson via Histonet
and process routinely to paraffin and stain with our H & E. - E. Wayne Johnson Enable AgTech, Beijing. "Never do anything mean to a pig.  They'll squeal on you every time." ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwe

Re: [Histonet] Eosin

2016-08-30 Thread E . Wayne Johnson 朱稳森博士 via Histonet
nswick, ME 04011 (207) 373-6573 -- E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森博士 Enable AgTech Consulting 恩睿康农业技术咨询有限公司 Beijing 188 1088 3205 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

Re: [Histonet] Start up Vet/Animal histology laboratory

2016-07-10 Thread E . Wayne Johnson 朱稳森博士 via Histonet
We have our own lab in Beijing and we do both of those things. We have a consulting veterinary practice and the main purpose of the lab is to support that veterinary practice. It would be unusual in the USA to have histopath in a vet lab but in China there was no diagnostic laboratory that

Re: [Histonet] Pap stain without xylene

2016-05-26 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
Xylene is becoming more and more of a nuisance material and a problem for us in use and in disposal. We are still able to use it but with increasing concern. We have been able to eliminate xylene from our staining procedures altogether in our small laboratory. We use a hair dryer to dry

Re: [Histonet] picric acid

2016-05-06 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
loved hands like any staining powder. Store it wet, but the /~~paranoia~/~ about picric acid is exactly that. And on the part of the cops and bomb squads who take picric acid out and detonate it amid much drama and fanfare, heavy on the delusions and illusions of grandeur. E. Wayne Johnson

Re: [Histonet] RE: Glassware Cleaning again

2014-08-16 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
Bromcresol means Bromocresol. Faint not, but I certainly can't say you won't dye if you leave out the O. The o is subject to elision due to its difficulty in pronounciation. Such an occurrence of elision between 2 consonants is called syncope. In English writing an elided vowel is often

Re: [Histonet] specimen marking ink

2014-03-22 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
Tattooing is not only for dissidents, miscreants, the wayward, and the Llewellyn-ites among us. Sheep, rabbits, pigs, cattle, horses, stoats, and goats can be tattooed also, not so much of an expression of individuality as the need for permanent identification.

Re: RE: [Histonet] Gross lab seniors

2014-02-01 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
Face velocity is simply the airflow rate in CFM divided by the area of the hood opening in square feet. A smaller opening at the same flow rate gives a higher face velocity. Titanium tetrachloride in a small plastic squeeze bottle can be used to generate smoke. On 3:59 AM, WILLIAM DESALVO

Re: [Histonet] In situ PCR

2013-10-08 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
We don't do in-situ PCR, but the principle is that with formalin-fixed tissues your amplified product is trapped in the protein matrix on the slide. On 3:59, Sarah Dysart wrote: Anyone out there do this? If so, during the PCR step you are amplifying your gene of interest, where does the

Re: RE: [Histonet] (no subject)

2013-09-11 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
We work in the veterinary medical field and 98% of our work is with swine diseases including some feed additive safety evaluations. We provide pictures of all the lesions that we see as part of the report we provide to farms. It definitely takes more of our time than it would to give a

Re: RE: [Histonet] Oil red O

2013-09-09 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
While you're at it, maybe some one can explain what the -wah- in diddy-wah-diddy means? On 3:59, Morken, Timothy wrote: Just like Formalin, a brand name now used interchangeably with formaldehyde. And your trivia of the day: Formaldehyde was the first polyatomic organic molecule detected in

Re: [Histonet] Bone/cartilage/epithelial tissue stain

2013-08-23 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
At one time I did a lot of work on cartilage and growth plate and used Toluidine Blue and Fast Green. T-blue (buffered appropriately) stains the proteoglycan a lovely metachromatic blue and the bone and most everything else is green. The nuclei of cells are also green since we used no nuclear

[Histonet] PCR on paraffin sections

2013-06-23 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
enzyme mix for this digestion? Yes I am considering in-situ hybridization but we have working PCR methods so that seems to be a simple logical step. E. Wayne Johnson Enable Ag Tech Beijing. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http

Re: Re: [Histonet] Blade Rationing

2013-06-18 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
A stingy person is called an Iron Rooster (tie gong ji) in Chinese. An iron rooster won't turn loose of even one feather. The scratches that appear on slides cut with blades that should have been changed --we call them iron rooster tracks. Sort of a pun since many people think Chinese

Re: Re: [Histonet] teeth sectioning

2013-03-04 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
Jack, That sounds really awesome. I did some work with the teeth of sows (female pigs) from specimens collected at slaughter. Those are very difficult to decalcify, and when finished, are likely to have no nuclear detail remaining. Interested to hear what you learn Wayne Johnson Beijing

Re: Re: [Histonet] grossing tools

2013-02-13 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
I intend to make us some of these tools. It's a great idea. On 3:59, Rene J Buesa wrote: How much squeezing? Tissues have certain elasticity and after the squeezing they will bounce back as a thicker slice. Free hand sectioning I think is always better. René J. From: Weems, Joyce

Re: Re: [Histonet] RNA isolation form stained slides

2012-11-03 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
I read one paper or abstract recently where sections were made at 50 microns then used successfully for RT-PCR. I am pretty sure that it was PRRS virus that they were pursuing. On 3:59, Mark Tarango wrote: I would try getting more sections from LCM and extracting into 7.5 uL, if that

Re: [Histonet] Re: special stains for demonstrating intra cytoplasmic DNA viral inclusion bodies

2012-10-14 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
Rene' , What procedure do you recommend for Giemsa staining of tissues? There seem to be several different variant protocols out there. Wayne Enable (Enruikang) AgTech Consulting Beijing On 10/14/12 22:56, Rene J Buesa wrote: Try Giemsa for tissues René J.

Re: [Histonet] Pam Plumlee wants to share new pictures with you :)

2012-10-13 Thread E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森
Pam Plumlee thinks you're cute. On 10/14/12 2:41, Akemi Allison wrote: Take me off this list! We are not a dating service! Akemi Allison BS, HT(ASCP)HTL Director Phoenix Lab Consulting E-Mail: akemiat3...@yahoo.com From: Pam

Re: [Histonet] Traveling

2012-10-02 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
If you do that and announce your availability on Histonet, you are likely to be criticized publicly by a few, while others send email and twitters to one another privately discussing your attributes, and those who like having the information that you are available probably will not speak up in

Re: [Histonet] microtome

2012-09-23 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
I got it open and cleaned the wheel stop mechanism and the belt in front and it works good now and we now have a backup and my people are smiling. Thanks for everyone's helpful advices. Wayne Johnson Enruikang (Enable) Ag Tech Beijing On 9/22/2012 4:34 AM, Burton, Lynn wrote: Perhaps they

[Histonet] microtome

2012-09-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
We work in a previously underutilized histology lab. There was a sliding horizontal Sakura microtome, a functioning Thermo microtome, and a nonfunctioning Leica 5xxx (not a very fancy Leica). The center where we work has no interest in fixing the Leica microtome. I am supposing that it is

Re: [Histonet] microtome

2012-09-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
I think its a Leica 2125. On 9/22/2012 12:32 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote: We work in a previously underutilized histology lab. There was a sliding horizontal Sakura microtome, a functioning Thermo microtome, and a nonfunctioning Leica 5xxx (not a very fancy Leica). The center where we work

Re: [Histonet] microtome

2012-09-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
Tech One seems to be limited in scope to the US. Nice hearing from you in Galesburg. I practiced pig production medicine in Illinois for quite a few years. Doug Hoefling the former director and pathologist in Galesburg is an old friend and mentor of mine, but of course he is long since

Re: [Histonet] RE: mouse testis in Bouins

2012-09-14 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
What danger of Picric Acid are you concerned with? Surely its not the hyped explosion hazards. We use picric acid and as inquisitive boys we have tried very hard to ignite it thinking it would be fun. We dried some down and wrapped it in aluminum foil and with appropriate protection

Re: [Histonet] RE: air drying special stain slides rather than

2012-09-12 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
and pop-in the slides in the oven. Balsam of Canada (the resin) is dissolved in xylene (always) so the penetration is also assured. Under separate cover I am sending you my articles. Try this method, you will love it! René J. *From:* E. Wayne Johnson e...@pigsqq.org *To:* Rene J Buesa rjbu

Re: [Histonet] RE: air drying special stain slides rather than

2012-09-12 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
in their papers. Ok. * E. Wayne Johnson Enruikang Ag Tech Beijing On 9/13/2012 8:41 AM, Tony Henwood (SCHN) wrote: Yep Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) Laboratory Manager Senior Scientist Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 the children's hospital at westmead

Re: [Histonet] RE: air drying special stain slides rather than

2012-09-11 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
I am convinced to give it a try because I also have trouble will the loss of some stains in dehydration. I was concerned that the slides would not clear well after oven dehydration. I will see how it works for me. I can see clearly how going from counterstain to oven will save much hassle

Re: [Histonet] annoying crystals on sections

2012-08-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
. The aqueous HCl seems to be working and is not harming the nuclei so I may have a sort of solution and am calling it calcium crystals in the water until I know better. I may look for some sort of filter to put in the water line. E Wayne Johnson DVM Enruikang Ag Tech MOA Feed Industry Centre

[Histonet] Re: annoying crystals on sections

2012-08-21 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
Thanks all for many useful and helpful suggestions and interesting anecdotes. E. Wayne Johnson, DVM Enruikang AgTech MOA Feed Industry Centre China Agricultural University Beijing On 8/22/2012 5:27 AM, David A. Wright wrote: Hi Wayne Histonet My guess is that Wayne's crystals

[Histonet] annoying crystals on sections

2012-08-20 Thread E. Wayne Johnson
microscopically at every step and try to find at which step the problem is occurring. Any thoughts or similar experiences? E. Wayne Johnson, DVM Enruikang AgTech MOA Feed Industry Centre Beijing ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet