Good Morning,
I have an opening for a per diem position. Right now it is for at least 8
hours per week but can develop into more hours. Apply Dignity Health St.
Mary's Medical Center St. Mary's Medical Center San Francisco. If you have
any questions email me.
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASC
Good Morning,
I rarely do Special stains or IHC's on Cytology cytospins or thin prep type
slides.Should these slides be charged, air dried or fixed in 95% alcohol
before doing Special stains or IHC's on them?
Is there a good book or some sort of publication on cytology procedures
regarding
Good Morning,
I was wondering if anyone has a procedure written up on how to train someone
for the Thermo Printmate AS and Slidemate AS that I could get? This would be
for my Policy and Procedure manual.
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450
Good Morning,
I think we are getting the short end of the stick when it is coming to
productivity. Can anyone give me insight on how they are calculating their
RVU's for productivity in the Histology Lab? I am busy as all get out and
administration is saying our productivity is low.
Thanks,
Good Morning,
I am still looking for a Histology Tech. for a per diem position here at St.
Mary's Medical Center. You will at times be working by yourself so strong
trouble shooting skills are a plus. I do Routine Histology, IHC's and manual
special stains.
This position will cover me for Adm
Good Morning,
Does anyone know how to extract the cost per slides out of the Pathnet program?
I am looking for my H&E, IHC's and special stains. I just need the technical
charge.
Thanks in advance,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
Good Morning,
We are actively looking for a per diem Histology Technician to cover for
vacations and administration days. Will more than likely need a person 8 hours
a week for now. Must be able to work independently without supervision. We
hand do special stains. IHC experience is preferred.
Hi,
We are looking for a per diem Histology Technician or HTL with IHC experience.
You will be covering the only Histology Tech for Vacations, admin days and sick
time. You must be able to work by yourself. Strong troubleshooting skills a
plus. We hand stain special stains. The hours are 04
I am looking for a per diem Histology Tech to cover me for Vacations and
Administration Days. Must know IHC's and manually do special stains. You
will be working independently since I am the only one here that does this job.
The hours are 4:30am to 12:30pm Monday-Friday. I can work around
Good Morning,
We have an abundance of surgical hardware we need to get rid of from our
Pathology Department. How do you get rid of your surgical hardware?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 61
Good Morning,
I have a question about how much reagents you can keep in a frozen section
room. Our frozen section is a little room off of Surgery. When it was
designed now one thought to ask us what it was going to need so there is little
ventilation down there besides the typical room output
Good Morning,
One of my Pathologists wants me to do some ER/PR's on 9 year old tissue blocks.
I know ER and PR can be sensitive are the IHC's going to work or will there
be too much antigen decay?
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanya
Good Morning,
Does anyone know where I can purchase some CMV TMA slides?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org
Caution: This email message, including all conte
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. Als
Good Morning,
I am looking for suggestions for a slide printer and cassette labeler for a
smaller lab. Any suggestions. I need it with the two patient identifier.
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000
Good Morning,
Does anyone know where to get the Quick release clamp repair kits for the
microtome? The one that has the springs in it. I remember a long time ago
getting them but I cannot remember from where. Do they still sell them?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Ma
Good Morning,
Is there a difference between the time screening Non-gyn cytospins vs. Gyn?
If so where can I find the publication to back this up?
Just wondering. We got inspected and this came up because our Pathologists
screen and read out the Non gyn cytospins. We do not do Gyn's here.
Tha
Good Morning,
We have Cerner Pathnet here and I need to pull three month's worth of IHC
codes. 88341, 88342 and 88344 for billing purposes. We need to know how many
IHC's we charged for the last three months and what they were. Does anyone
know how to go about pulling this information out o
Good Morning,
I am not familiar with Sakura Prisma Autostainer. I heard the stainer can
come with a tape coverslipper. Is the stainer, link and coverslipper all one
unit or is it individual. I maybe getting a stainer that has the link does
that mean that is the coverslipper or just the lin
Good Morning and Happy Holidays,
I was just wondering people that have the Prisma, does the monitor on the top
right corner swivel and can be positioned in different positions?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 9411
Good Morning,
I need to contact some of you. If you have Histology in-house, use the PathNet
program and do CAP. I have some questions on how you handle Inventory
Management and a couple of other things. If it is okay to give you a ring
please let me know.
Thank you so much,
Karen Heckford
Good Morning,
I need to contact some of you. If you have Histology in-house and use the
PathNet program. I have some questions on how you handle Inventory Management
and a couple of other things. If it is okay to give you a ring please let me
know.
Thank you so much,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP
Good Morning,
I need some help. Yesterday I bleached some heavily pigmented tissue. I have
to run some IHC's on them. I bought the bleaching kit from American Master
Tech. I had to put the Permanganate for about 6 hours to get the melanin and
then a couple of minutes in Oxalic Acid. I had
Good Morning,
I am curious to know how many Pathology Departments get lumped into Clinical
Lab? Do you wear the same working attire? Our Pathology Department is really
small. We are required to go over the red lines in surgery to get to our
Frozen Section Room numerous times a day. They want
Good Morning,
I have been asked to monitor the room temperatures in the Histology lab, and
anywhere we store paraffin blocks, slides and reagents. Some of you I know
already do this.
1st Question: What is your temperature range?
2nd Question: Are you physically monitoring it daily and writin
Okay I just got a weird request for monitoring the room temperature where I
have my slides for that I use for Histology. We are talking blank slides. I
have never heard of this before. Who else does this??? Apparently JCAHO
wants this.
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St
Good Morning,
I have a question about breast fixation. I am in a little bit of a pickle
with the 6-72 hour rule for the fixation on breast tissue. Friday I am
getting 2 breast cases in the afternoon and both will not have the required
minimum 6 hour formalin fixation for my per diem to cut e
I was just wondering the Labs in the San Francisco Bay Area. How are you
getting rid of your formalin waste? Are you Neutralizing your formalin like
with Neutralex or having it picked up and taken off site?
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
Good Morning,
Apparently while I was out on disability a CAP ER/PR PM2-A 2014 did not get
done. Somehow one of our pathologists got it and forgot she had it. That
being said, does anyone have a equivalent test they do instead. We only do
this CAP testing to show competency.
Thanks,
Karen He
I would like to know what kind of slides everyone else is using for their
IHC's. I am having some problems with tissue falling off the slides during
Target Retrieval. This happens mostly on fattier tissue.
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
4
Hi, Any of you using the Pathnet program. We just went live and now they are
telling me that our labels will not work with the program. We are currently
use 7/8"x7/8" square labels 4 across Stainershield labels. I don't understand
why they will not work? We did use the Powerpath 9.2 program
Does anyone in the local San Francisco Bay Area use the Cerner Pathnet program.
I need some help!!!
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org
Does anyone know of any Histology parody videos out there on YouTube? Just
curious!
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org
Wow!!! It is pretty obvious this person has never worked as a HT. There are
somethings you can cut corners but somethings you cannot. Do they want
unreadable slides.I would without hesitation say to this manager the reason
why this is not a good idea and would he want substandard slides i
I was working in a Histology Lab when I first got pregnant. I told my doctor
about everything I was exposed to in the lab. He actually opted on putting me
on medical leave (workman's comp). I did this with both of my pregnancies.
Not in less you can find her a job that she is not exposed. I
Hi Everyone,
Has anyone ever used the adjustable microtome handle from Newcomer Supply it
is called, "Histo comfort grip handle"? If you have, what did you think? How
many of you are using a foot pedal if your microtome comes with it. I am
getting repetitive motion stress in mainly my shou
Good Morning,
I know we have been over this before, how does your lab measure productivity?
Are you going by block and slide or by CPT code? I have been told by the
"Suits" that we can only measure productivity by per specimen or CPT code with
no weight and value. As you know when you get a b
I am going to need to purchase a new tissue processor mine keeps breaking down.
What tissue processor would you buy and why? I would greatly appreciate the
help.
Cheers,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-
I guess since Biocare cannot sell their P63 antibody who is carrying it then?
Dako, Ventana etc?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org
I learned 22 years ago with OJT and then went and got certified a year later.
I also love to teach. What I am finding now days is the new techs only know
how to embed and cut but push buttons for everything else. To me they missed a
very important step in their training. Very hard to find one
Hi,
Does anyone know of a delayed start Decloaking chamber that is independent from
the IHC stainer? I am looking around to get a new Decloaking chamber. Any
suggetions?
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415
I have been battling this for years they gives us RVU's for each task. What a
headache. The problem I run into is they only see per specimen. If I have a
specimen that has 30 cassettes it does not matter it is treated the same as
one cassette per specimen. Not to mention the doctors will ho
Does anyone know where to get specimen boards that you can pin specimens to and
then submerse in formalin? I ordered them a long time ago and cannot remember
where I got them.
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca
I could not work with out music. Nothing like cutting to the rhythm of good
music. I have it on all the time or I would go nuts and probably fall asleep.
I set my radio to one radio station. I am the Chief Cook and bottle washer so
no one to bother with the music. If someone wants to play
I am looking for a Certified ASCP HistoTech. that is local to the San
Francisco Bay Area. I need this person to cover me while I am out
having knee surgery. I will be out 2-6 weeks probably more like 4 weeks
starting October 5th. But need somebody by October 3rd to do some
training.
You wi
Hello,
I am going to need a ASCP certified Histotech to work for me for about
1.5-2 weeks in the next 2-4 weeks. If you now of a temp. service or
someone interested. Call me and leave a message and will get back to
you.
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medic
We are looking for a Certified Histology Technician for per diem work.
You will also do some Pathology Assisting (nothing to extensive on the
PA). Need someone that can cover vacation, sick days, etc. Perfect for
someone that is retired and is looking for some extra money. Need to
be able to wo
I am having problems posting to Histonet. Not sure what is going on.
Hopefully this goes through if not please add me to your list. I have
been on the the Histonet for 7 years now.
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE
Lead Histology Technician
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco,
n St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
From: joelle weaver [mailto:joellewea...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:24 AM
To: Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Are Histotechs
I am so with you on this one. HT's need to start demanding and
higher wages everywhere. We are a rare breed with special talents.
Without a good tech you do not get good slides!! We are not a dime a
dozen. AUGH!
I know just a hour north of where I am the wages can be $10-$15.00 less.
No
$16.15 per hour. They are getting a great deal. I believe you should
be making at least double that. What I believe is happening is that a
lot of offices are now starting to open their own labs and they are
trying to get us cheap. We all need to stick to our guns and not let
them get us cheaper
I have had one for a few years now and love it. You can also monitor it
from another location if you have analog internet. It is really easy
to change out the reagents and is way less messy than most other
processors. You need to make sure your reagents stay topped off. The
only real problems
Pretty much any problems I have had with the Excelsior and I have been using
one for 4 years now is with Pathologists loading it incorrectly. I use reagent
alcohol in it all the time, with no problems. I prefer using xylene in my
processor. Every single time I have switched and started using
We are currently looking for a per diem certified Histology Tech that
can also do some Pathology assisting for vacation relief and sick time.
Possibly turn into a part time position. Please contact St. Mary's
Medical Center in San Francisco website.
Thanks,
Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE
Lead Hi
I was wondering if anyone else is having problems posting on the
histonet.
Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE
Lead Histology Technician
Histology/Pathology Department
St. Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117
415-668-1000 ext. 6167
Fax: 415-750-8123
email: kheck...@chw.edu
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