Re: [Histonet] Labeling formats

2015-10-02 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
Dr Ruby, All places I've worked at use similar as well. Also you need a second patient identifier as blocks and slides are considered an aliquot from the original specimen. Such as last name, date of birth etc And it doesn't have to be S, it can be any prefix meaningful to your

Re: [Histonet] Missing specimen

2015-10-02 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
Stand your ground. You're right! Patients lives are not guessing games. I wish you the best and must forewarn you. Choosing integrity in this day and age is a lonely road and often doesn't pay well. But your conscious will be clear and it's the right thing to do. ___

Re: [Histonet] Grossing Histotechs

2015-09-14 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
I've seen mostly histotechs who meet CLIA high complexity guidelines doing gross dissection. In my limited 20 years/5 hospitals I've only seen certified PAs at one place, Mayo. Kim D   From: "Abbott, Tanya via Histonet" To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Sent: Monday, September 14,

Re: [Histonet] CLIA regulations in Histology

2015-08-28 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
I always added competency for my staff in their annual evaluations. It did include:Accessions specimens accurately ( pre-analytical)-ie: specimen handlingKnows how to start and maintain tissue processor with competency ( pre-analytical)Grosses specimens accurately ( analytical) and high complexi

Re: [Histonet] rodent brain: how to avoid air bubbles in the ventricles after perfusion?

2015-08-26 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
Maybe you could try clamping off the central canal when you sever the spinal chord to keep the csf from draining out?  This is just my wild guess.  Kim D From: Ekaterina Vinnik via Histonet To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:10 AM Subject: [Histon

Re: [Histonet] Anonymizing numbering system

2015-08-25 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
Sounds like a nightmare. This is going to be time consuming at a time when we are all supposed to be lean and quick. I hope this doesn't roll out as a regulation. If so we need to fight it tooth and nail. Just imagine trying to find a block or a slide all filed with random assigned numbers.

Re: [Histonet] FW: Using randomly generated anonymizing numbers for internal tracting of specimens

2015-08-25 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
I agree, inviting problems. Having the numbers in consecutive order is helpful for numerous reasons.  Also, I can not imagine how having one case as 85310 and the next case as 14275 be anymore of a security or privacy improvement as 1435, 1436. They still get a number.  Horrible idea in my opini

Re: [Histonet] IHC Weekend Coverage

2015-08-23 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
I never did on a routine basis. The only time was rare urgent cases or cases that needed done due to someone off or equipment problems. Kim D ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/h

Re: [Histonet] Formaldehyde sensors and badges

2015-08-20 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
You can purchase trace gas badges from Mercedes medical. And a few other places. You just wear them or place them for a short term or long term exposure limit then package them back up and send them in. They send you the results. These badges meet CLIA/CAP guidelines. Hope this helps Kim _

[Histonet] The Fun of cutting silicon from a breast transplant capsule

2015-08-17 Thread Kim Donadio via Histonet
Hello Histonetters,   I am curious if anyone else has had this kind of fun. Having a portion of the silicon breast capsule submitted for processing and cutting( not tissue, capsule). How did that work out?  Would love to hear some responses on this as I just had a lo

Re: [Histonet] IHC wash with dH20 / follow-up

2014-03-18 Thread Kim Donadio
wrote: > I may be wrong but I think that the: >Electrostatic benefit is imparted by the salts in the buffer >The surfactant benefit is imparted by the detergent > > > > -Original Message- > From: Kim Donadio [mailto:one_angel_sec...@yahoo.com] > Sen

Re: [Histonet] IHC wash with dH20 / follow-up

2014-03-18 Thread Kim Donadio
Remember you are doing them by hand do you can manually place reagent where you want it. Buffer would be necessary on a machine if for nothing else other than as a surfactant to insure all corresponding reagents spread evenly on the slide. I just wanted to add this note in case some did not ca

Re: [Histonet] manual tissue processing protocol

2014-02-27 Thread Kim Donadio
I agree with Renee here about testing one before. However those are thick and I'm supposing your fish have scales? This also might slow the process down. My best guess is you're going to need a much longer processing time. And since you don't have vacuum I personally think that thickness is goi

Re: [Histonet] Block/Slide retention for peds cases

2014-02-25 Thread Kim Donadio
Regulation wise age makes no difference for how long you keep them. It's the same. And yes as I recall the regulation states " climate controlled room" I don't recall any specific temperature being mentioned but I've always interpreted that as your blocks shouldnt melt or freeze etc . I'm on the

Re: [Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-06 Thread Kim Donadio
How are you shipping and then receiving back? I had a personal experience with regular mail one time where something got broke and the postal service told me regular mail goes through a machine which squished it. Anyway we use that paraffin here and do not have that problem but we always use fed

Re: [Histonet] RE: Techs grossing FS tissue

2014-01-14 Thread Kim Donadio
Agreed. They can plop it on the block, cut it , stain it but they can't measure it, dissect it or ink it as those task are considered gross dissection which is high complexity and the person doing them has to meet CLIA guidelines for high complexity. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 13, 2014, at 2:

Re: [Histonet] 2014 IHC CPT coding

2013-12-10 Thread Kim Donadio
I got information they got rid of 88342 all together and added G codes. One for the 1st slide stained and another for each additional stain. Can anyone verify and give a link? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:33 PM, "Cartun, Richard" wrote: > My understanding is that 88342 is used

Re: [Histonet] Frozen IF Specimen Storage: Is -80 C really necessary; will -20 C work?

2013-11-13 Thread Kim Donadio
I was worried about this when I first started doing DIF's here. All I have is a -20 -25c freezer. At the direction if our pathologist I was challenged to do it and watch it closely which is what I have been doing for the past year. When I am done cutting the frozen sections I place Oct back on t

Re: [Histonet] Embedding Paraffin

2013-11-13 Thread Kim Donadio
We use formulae R from Leica for both infiltrating and embedding with excellent results. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:02 AM, "Matthew D. Roark" wrote: > What paraffin does everyone like for embedding? We are currently using > Surgipaths EM-400 but its dirty!Who has a clea

Re: [Histonet] coverslipping question

2013-11-13 Thread Kim Donadio
I would try adding 1 or 2 more 100% alcohols before the histoclear. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:32 AM, "Gautier, Nicole M." wrote: > My lab has been having a problem with "specks" appearing on our slides after > they come out of Histoclear. Our protocol is to dehydrate in 2 min

Re: [Histonet] CLIA

2013-10-23 Thread Kim Donadio
I can only speak from a path lab point of view and from reading the IQCP guidelines it doesn't allow you to use these new measures for path. Path is exempt. and in path I've always used controls for each test. My understanding is in some specialties they are going to let them make individualized

Re: [Histonet] Rankin Biomedical: reliable?

2013-10-11 Thread Kim Donadio
Love them I've bought a few things from them Sent from my iPhone On Oct 11, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Tyrone Genade wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have any experience with the refurbished equipment sold by Rankin > Biomedical? If so, please let me know privately. > > I need to motivate for a microt

Re: [Histonet] HT HistoDeck question...

2013-10-07 Thread Kim Donadio
I think the problem with "a" is that 37% formaldehyde is what is considered 100% formalin not 10% nbf. So for all technical purposes I've never known of anyone fixing samples in 100% formalin either But I would agree it depends on what your doing with the sample if it got acetone or not. So i ag

Re: [Histonet] IHC turnaround time

2013-10-02 Thread Kim Donadio
In less than 8 hours I can get 96 Ihc stains done with our dako link and that is two runs Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:15 PM, "McKenzie, Emily" wrote: > Hello all, > I am currently working on a Six Sigma Green Belt project and am looking for > some data. Can any one give me their

Re: [Histonet] RE: MOHS IPs

2013-10-02 Thread Kim Donadio
What detection kit are you using? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2013, at 10:47 AM, "Bauer, Karen L." wrote: > Thanks for the reply, > > We are pre-fixing in a formalin substitute, but we'll give the acetone a try. > I have diluted the protease, but have not gotten any good results. We'll

Re: [Histonet] Height detail

2013-09-27 Thread Kim Donadio
You can't stack anything higher than 18 inches from the ceiling. This is the only stack law I'm personally aware of. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Amber McKenzie wrote: > What's the height limit you can stack blocks/slides according to CAP? > > >

Re: [Histonet] CLIA Compliance Regulations for histology staff coverage

2013-07-18 Thread Kim Donadio
CLIA only regulated labs can have uncertified or licensed personel doing task such as embedding, microtomy and standard H&E staining as CLIA does not regulate those task as Jennifer mentioned. That said, who is going to gross in the biopsies( High complexity task) in the other persons absence? B

[Histonet] IHC/Grossing Tech wanted in SW Florida

2013-05-08 Thread Kim Donadio
view our website. http://www.riverchasedermatology.com/   If you are interested in joining our fun/energetic/awesome team and meet CLIA regulations for high complexity testing, please email me with your resume.   Sincerely,   Kim Donadio HTL Lab/Histology Supervisor Riverchase Dermatology email

Re: [Histonet] RE: IHC validation

2013-03-16 Thread Kim Donadio
I agree about using known controls however sending cases out for comparison  could be a little costly, it is ideal though. One thing i have done is to go back in the records and pull up old cases that have been sent out for IHC and use those to compare not only the test as a case corrolation but

Re: [Histonet] Fw: news

2013-03-11 Thread Kim Donadio
Disregard something is up with my account. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Kim Donadio wrote: > http://www.britvoice.co.uk/wwvc/woszquloax/hkjmnqu=bvdzq > ___ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwester

[Histonet] Fw: news

2013-03-11 Thread Kim Donadio
http://www.britvoice.co.uk/wwvc/woszquloax/hkjmnqu=bvdzq ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

Re: [Histonet] interview

2013-01-10 Thread Kim Donadio
Hope you got some help. If your not done I would find a little task to see what their manual dexterity is. I would also ask questions to see if any of them did some research on histology before coming to the interview that shows interest and that they are proactive. Your limited on personal ques

Re: [Histonet] Basis for Quality Work in a Histotech

2012-12-19 Thread Kim Donadio
Id like to add my 2cents to the measuring "Quality" topic. I'll make it short.   You should have a "Quality Managment" program. It's vital to track errors, trypes of errors, frequency and who etc. This is NOT a tool for blame as we are all adults or we should be. It is however a tool for trackin

Re: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component

2012-11-05 Thread Kim Donadio
% increase, but such a huge HUGE decrease for our TC.   Someone please tell me a joke or something. Perferably one where a woman walks in a bar.         From: Jesus Ellin To: 'Kim Donadio' ; Bernice Frederick ; "Webster, Thomas S.

Re: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component

2012-11-05 Thread Kim Donadio
88305 is the most common code anywhere, hospitals POL. From: Bernice Frederick To: "Webster, Thomas S." ; "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component Bear in mind

Re: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component

2012-11-05 Thread Kim Donadio
Hi Histonetters.   I was curious as to what measures or thoughts anyone had regarding the news from CAP about CMS cutting the 88305 TC by 52%.   This is a devastating thought and from the news letter it is supposed to start 1/1/13 and I dont see anywhere in here where it says specifically POL's

Re: [Histonet] POL labs

2012-10-31 Thread Kim Donadio
I for one refuse to get into politics here, but I am glad this information was posted. Its valuable information and it should be posted.   Thank you Nicole for such a well put response.   Happy Haloween as well all From: "Blazek, Linda" To: 'Nicole Tatum' ;

[Histonet] Re: Histotechnician pay-max out

2012-09-11 Thread Kim Donadio
hour jobs that only require 5 years of experiance.   Everybody wants to raise our worth and pay rate. But lets be honest.   Thanks From: Contact HistoCare To: Kim Donadio Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:13 PM Subject

Re: [Histonet] CAP education requirements for grossing

2012-08-14 Thread Kim Donadio
Unless its changed from CAP 2011 checklist and I didnt hear about it. Grossing is considered high complexity, so the guidelines are the same for anyone doing high complexity testing. They would need documented training as do any other high comlexity task.   here is what CAP 2011 says about it.  

Re: [Histonet] RE: Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining

2012-08-01 Thread Kim Donadio
Eva,     Have you gotten your problem resolved yet? I was curious as to what heat method you are using? Are you using a microwave? I'm sorry to be asking so many questions and not getting back to you quickly. I am thinking if you have irregular positive staining in the same Negative control

Re: [Histonet] Secondary antibody causing nuclear staining?

2012-07-24 Thread Kim Donadio
Are you getting false positives and variations on the same control tissue for different days ? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Eva Permaul wrote: > I understand the point about the biotin and I should have said that when > using the ABC method we have taken to always using an

Re: [Histonet] ER, Clone SP1

2012-07-12 Thread Kim Donadio
I'm curious as to why all if a sudden some of these can be sold else where and not in the USA. Is it a FDA issue? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2012, at 5:45 PM, "Patsy Ruegg" wrote: >> From what I understand the SP1 Er clone has also been discontinued in USA by > Leica/Novacastra, I am told

Re: [Histonet] direct IF on "normal" animal tissue

2012-07-10 Thread Kim Donadio
Hi Liette,    I didnt see if you got help yet. Ill give it a try. First I would go with the pig kidney,. and this antibody looks like it should work .   http://www.abcam.com/Pig-IgG-secondary-antibody-H-L-ab6911.html   This is my best guess off the top of my head. If you try it and it

Re: [Histonet] IVD P63

2012-07-10 Thread Kim Donadio
Ventana has gotten the sole patton for that antibody now I beleive, or will have soon. From: Cathy Crumpton To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:51 AM Subject: [Histonet] IVD P63 I was just told by my Biocare rep that toda

Re: [Histonet] Florida HT Licensure

2012-07-06 Thread Kim Donadio
http://doh.state.fl.us/mqa/ClinLab/clp_lic_req.html     From: Deanna Leslie To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Friday, July 6, 2012 1:05 PM Subject: [Histonet] Florida HT Licensure Hi all! I am desperate and hope someone here can help me out. I am ASCP

Re: [Histonet] Frozens and antigen retrieval

2012-07-05 Thread Kim Donadio
You should not have to use retreival. Retrieval either by heat/solution or enzyme digestion is usually needed when the antigen/antibody site has been blocked/masked by the fixation process.   Kim D  From: Daniela Bodemer To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu S

Re: [Histonet] RE: Muscle Biopsy Procedure

2012-06-25 Thread Kim Donadio
One place I was at didnt get many muscle biopsies so we didnt keep liquid nitrogen and isopentane, which is what I was trained to use initially. Here's what we did when we got a muscle biopsy and it worked fine.   After cutting the biopsy into 3-4 mm portions, we wrapped it in aluminum foil and

Re: [Histonet] Billing IHC on MOHS

2012-06-20 Thread Kim Donadio
companies, well you can try all they can do is deny payment and then you get to haggle with them.   I'm not sure I can add anything else to this conversation so I will let the rest have at it for now.   Hope everyone has a fantastic week!   Kim D     ________ From

Re: [Histonet] Billing IHC on MOHS

2012-06-19 Thread Kim Donadio
Great team work! Job well done and a absolute answer is given.   Thank you From: Carol Torrence To: 'Kim Donadio' Cc: "'Weems, Joyce K.'" ; 'Ingles Claire' ; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, June

Re: [Histonet] Billing IHC on MOHS

2012-06-18 Thread Kim Donadio
Oh I'm hooked. I have got to know the answer now lol we shall conquer this problem with your help and then we will all know once and for all. :) Thank you Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:29 PM, "Carol Torrence" wrote: > Kim, > > > > You are too funny! It must be controversial i

Re: [Histonet] Billing IHC on MOHS

2012-06-18 Thread Kim Donadio
have no perfect answer just my thoughts. I am eager to hear what AAD says so keep us up to date.   Thanks   Kim D From: Carol Torrence To: 'Kim Donadio' Cc: "'Weems, Joyce K.'" ; 'Ingles Claire' ; histonet@lists.utso

Re: [Histonet] Frozen Sections Falling Off Slides

2012-06-16 Thread Kim Donadio
Was your leica set that cold? Maybe you could try warming the slide for a couple seconds before putting in alcohol. As far a charged slides I am amazed with the slides Dako sells for their IHC. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Bernadette del Rosario wrote: > Hello histonett

Re: [Histonet] Billing IHC on MOHS

2012-06-16 Thread Kim Donadio
I'd be very careful with this. Histochemical even if it's on frozen section such as 88314 does not mean immunohistochemical which is 88342 to my understanding. To my understanding anytime you use a antibody it's a 88342 code. Now as far as being able to code for each margin say from 3-6 or 6-9

Re: [Histonet] Body Fluid Specimens

2012-06-12 Thread Kim Donadio
Have you tried cytolyte? This will lyse the cells leaving only WBC and maybe a few red ones if its really bloody. How bloody it is will determin how many times you would add cytolyte , shake, then centrifuge at what ever your normal time is. Just a thought.   Kim

Re: [Histonet] Histotech Grossing Protocols

2012-06-12 Thread Kim Donadio
if your talking about compliance for the part where you need to have each type of specimen written out exactly how you do it. Basically, write what you do and do what you say. Grossing in of specimens is going to be different for every lab. The pathologist needs to be involved in this as they ar

Re: [Histonet] ***News Flash***

2012-06-12 Thread Kim Donadio
Nocito To: 'Kim Donadio' ; 'Jay Lundgren' ; 'histonet' Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] ***News Flash*** My question is "are they being found with empty Lonestar beer cans. Inside joke. Years ago in Texas, Lonestar Beer was running

Re: [Histonet] ***News Flash***

2012-06-12 Thread Kim Donadio
Epidemic update***   Seems the Critters have been tracked back to south florida. Witnesses have described multiple critters on the sides of highways feet pointing up< small children assumed the critters had passed from a heart attack>. No injuries have been reported but one arrest was made.

Re: [Histonet] cytology control slides?

2012-06-11 Thread Kim Donadio
What I used to do was when I got a thick specimen we would prepare 20-30 slides and run one of those each day for a positive control. We also ran a blank slide as a negative control to insure we didn't have contamination in our reagents. Doing these two things were part of our lab to meet CAP gu

Re: [Histonet] RE: Unsubscribe Me

2012-06-10 Thread Kim Donadio
You can unsubscribe, but you can never leaveHotel Histonet. The Eagles! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2012, at 2:40 PM, enrri...@yahoo.com wrote: > Unsubcribe Me Now...!! > > > - Forwarded Message - > From: Emily Sours > To: Lisa Manning ; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.

Re: [Histonet] RE: Unsubscribe Me

2012-06-07 Thread Kim Donadio
I love it when you guys are funny. I wont unsubscribe <:P ... but sometimes I sure do wish there was a "UNSEND" button.   :o) From: Geoff McAuliffe To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Unsubsc

[Histonet] ASP300 issue help?

2012-06-07 Thread Kim Donadio
Hi Histonettters   We are having some issues with our ASP300 tissue processor, it seems to be leeking paraffin down into the cleaning xylene causing it to clog and then we get a vacuum error. This is the second time in just over a month. We've had many valves replaced etc. Has anyone else h

Re: [Histonet] Patient requests for tissues

2012-06-07 Thread Kim Donadio
I agree. I had this situation come up as the patient wanted the placenta to eat. I got out of that by explaining that federal law requires us to keep wet specimens for 2 weeks after sign out and that it would have to go in formalin as well. Also once had a patient request her uterus and another

Re: [Histonet] RE: Approval and review of procedures

2012-06-07 Thread Kim Donadio
This is what I do as well. However to try and be more specific to her question a HT could do those task if they had the required education and training per CLIA sub part M. In pathology per CAP GEN. 53400 the technical supervisors are usually the medical directors. So often you see direct super

Re: [Histonet] BLock alignment tool

2012-06-02 Thread Kim Donadio
I thought a alignment tool was one of those weird things histotechs used to make sure their toenails were even on all 5 toes ? Dang! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Amos Brooks wrote: > Hi, > There is one on every microtome made. The two little knobs align the > block just

Re: [Histonet] In FL, who can perform IHC/ISH?

2012-06-02 Thread Kim Donadio
All sorry about my double posting. My iPhone must have an echo. :( Enjoy life! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Kim Donadio wrote: > This is correct. The only exclusion is a private office lab only needs to > meet CLIA sub part M requirements. The science courses bas

Re: [Histonet] In FL, who can perform IHC/ISH?

2012-06-02 Thread Kim Donadio
This is correct. The only exclusion is a private office lab only needs to meet CLIA sub part M requirements. The science courses basically CLIA has been lenient on this but are now getting tuffer with the new healthcare regulations coming out. I don't want to make this a threat but everyone nee

Re: [Histonet] floaters - thisis...@aol.com

2012-06-01 Thread Kim Donadio
Beautiful reply! Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Cheryl wrote: > Hi Ann- > > May we assume you've confirmed this is happening at embedding and have ruled > out any floaters happening during cutting? > > When embedding, keep Kimwipes or other tissues around, keep the wells

Re: [Histonet] Unregistered techs

2012-05-30 Thread Kim Donadio
You've misunderstood. No one has said anything about test at a school. At least I haven't My response at least was referring to those who sat for state exams and then a comparison to the now ASCP exam route. There's a huge difference in what older techs got than what newer ones are getting and

Re: [Histonet] Unregistered techs

2012-05-29 Thread Kim Donadio
Lets just get to the crux of all this shall we.   In some states where license rules. It goes like this.   I'll use Florida because thats where I am.   Back in the day the state offered their own test. 3 of them to be specific, technician, technologist and general lab.   The state decided to s

Re: [Histonet] Unregistered techs

2012-05-28 Thread Kim Donadio
And you are a wonderful tech. And I'm so proud of you for continuing your education. Anyone who gets mentored by you will be very lucky. Hope your having a great day. Luv ya Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 12:35 PM, "Nicole Tatum" wrote: >> LOL, I dont have much to say about this one

Re: [Histonet] RE: Not requiring HT Certification)

2012-05-25 Thread Kim Donadio
I personally agree with your route. What I am most concerned with is so many want a quick route these days and don't want to put in the hard work to learn the theory. They just want to pass the test, get a job and make a big paycheck and expect the lab that hires them to actually teach them. I e

Re: [Histonet] Unregistered techs

2012-05-25 Thread Kim Donadio
LOL, I was waiting for this thread to turn into a fist fight. I knew it would.   A Fl Licensed HTL is someone who oviously had to take more test than a ASCP certified tech if they got it from 19 years ago. How do I know, I'm one of those who had to take all those test way back then. Florida is p

Re: [Histonet] Fwd: Plants

2012-05-14 Thread Kim Donadio
Hey I love having plants in the lab. I just offered up what I've been told by other infectious control people. Some infectious control people are more serious than others. In the end you'll have to sell that person on it. I've seen it turn out both ways. Happy week ! Kim D Sent from my iPhone

Re: [Histonet] Fwd: Plants

2012-05-11 Thread Kim Donadio
Hate to say it, but yes plants are considered infectious. Thats why you cant take them in ICU's either. I guess the mold or bacterias can grow on them. Most places let this slide, but some dont. Good luck! From: William To: Behnaz Sohrab Cc: "" Sent: Frid

Re: [Histonet] vaginitis panel

2012-05-04 Thread Kim Donadio
It's Friday :) Noticed none touched this? Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2012, at 4:11 PM, "Cynthia Pyse" wrote: > Histonetters > > For those of you performing vaginitis panels, how are you billing these? Do > you bill for each separate test or use the combine CPT code? We are having a > d

Re: [Histonet] CAP inspection requirements

2012-05-02 Thread Kim Donadio
CAP inspectors are your peers. In other words they are people managing other labs. So those people have a variety of degrees or experiences. They don't get paid to inspect. It's a requirement that labs that participate in CAP bi annually inspect another lab because CAP works as a peer review sys

Re: [Histonet] RE: Barcoding specimen tracking, lessons you learned

2012-04-24 Thread Kim Donadio
Vinnie. I as well found some quirks with this technology and I'm glad you brought up that it isn't perfect. I had a bog issue with the fact that you couldn't scan all your cassettes when putting on the machine as I felt that was the time errors needed to be noticed and fixed. Because finding out

Re: [Histonet] RE: Unregistered HT testing

2012-04-19 Thread Kim Donadio
As usual we all have our own opinion. High complexity acceding to CLIA is a defined measurement. In other words things like is the task heat, ph , time dependent, accurate measuring ? Those examples make a task high complexity. The above us exactly why grossing is considered high complexity b

Re: [Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 101, Issue 22

2012-04-17 Thread Kim Donadio
Labpath360,LLC > Cell; 864-915-2698 > Office: 964-236-5095 > > On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Kim Donadio wrote: > >> First off. Let me say I feel for you. You seem desperate to get a job and I >> hope you find one. Now, you can't not be hired because of age. There

Re: [Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 101, Issue 22

2012-04-17 Thread Kim Donadio
First off. Let me say I feel for you. You seem desperate to get a job and I hope you find one. Now, you can't not be hired because of age. Theres laws against that. And yes you should tell them your qualifications and be honest like you have been just now with this post. My suggestion is to seek

Re: [Histonet] Prepared STD slides?

2012-04-12 Thread Kim Donadio
Contact your local college Might help Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jon Krupp wrote: > Hi > > I not a histo tech, nor do I play one on TV, so I might not be up to speed on > this. > > A microbiology instructor asked me to see if there is a source of prepared > slides of S

Re: [Histonet] New Reagent Lot Verification

2012-04-12 Thread Kim Donadio
Yes Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:50 AM, "Rathborne, Toni" wrote: > ANP.22760 refers to new lot verification for antibodies and detection. The > Evidence of Compliance says that there should be "Records of verification of > new reagent lots". What is everyone's interpretation of

Re: [Histonet] Processing Autopsies

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
Brains in particular need to be fixed real well If it's a whole brain what I've done is hang the brain by a mesh or strings into a large brain bucket so it's not touching the sides or bottom. Fix for few days then get you sections. I'd go textbook on the 3 mm thick sections for processing and d

Re: [Histonet] Labeling specimens in the OR

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
If you want barcodes on tour specimens directly from the or. Have your HIS system interfaced with your pathology information system. That way when path gets your specimen they just scan the bar code and the patients data drops into thier path system. Depending on the system you get path should b

Re: [Histonet] In House Labs in WSJ

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
leads to a biopsy that reveals he has prostate cancer, and he > is treated for it. There is a one in 50 chance that, in 2019 or later, he > will be spared death from a cancer that would otherwise have killed him. And > there is a 49 in 50 chance that he will have been treated unnecessarily

Re: [Histonet] In House Labs in WSJ

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
> Less screening = fewer biopsies = less revenue = less prostate cancers caught > early = more deaths to prostate cancers. Would you not agree? And for all those advocating closure of private labs, do you also feel the same way about private pathologist owned labs who reep the benefits of get

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
Davide, You are seriously offending a mass of people who work very hard in private labs. And you do it again with this comeback. You have NOT been eloquent yourself so get off the high horse.   We need to end this topic. Apparently we are devided amongst ourselves into private lab

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Kim Donadio
To suggest that any physician who goes into private practice and has their own lab is any more of a money hound than any other physician at a hospital would also be disingenuous . And of course this is about money. It's about one group of people trying to get another group of people out of the

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-09 Thread Kim Donadio
often thankless and that is unfortunate. This subject has nothing to do > with the techs, and for those that love their job in these physician office > labs I do feel sorry for, as that is not a job that will be around forever by > all indications. > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 201

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-09 Thread Kim Donadio
this point, but who knows - maybe this is the > start of a very, very good thing. > > > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Kim Donadio > wrote: > >> Yikes I just 2 sec ago said that lol >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 6, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jesu

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-06 Thread Kim Donadio
ted in such a short time, > according to CAP. > > -Original Message- > From: Kim Donadio [mailto:one_angel_sec...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 6:31 PM > To: Katelin Lester > Cc: Carol Torrence; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: Re: [Hist

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-06 Thread Kim Donadio
convinced >> that big is better. >> >> I believe Aetna will hear from CAP on this issue due to the increased >> workload to them...deadlines may have to be extended. We are hearing from a >> CAP member that they will not be able to be accredited in such a short time,

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-05 Thread Kim Donadio
My lab can pass any inspection I have no fear Bring it on utube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=gAQCbczCt8s Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Katelin Lester wrote: > We also received this notice. We contacted our local CLIA office who had > heard of it this week as well.

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-05 Thread Kim Donadio
http://www.mohscollege.org/president/AETNAletter.pdf Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Kim Donadio wrote: > Hmm I found a letter regarding this. > > mohscollege.org/president/AETNAletter > > I must say the time restraint seems short but I am not surprised they

Re: [Histonet] Aetna requiring CAP accreditation for non-hospital labs

2012-04-05 Thread Kim Donadio
Hmm I found a letter regarding this. mohscollege.org/president/AETNAletter I must say the time restraint seems short but I am not surprised they are wanting it. With today's reimbursement rates and the economy we are in ins companies want to insure they get the highest quality of service for t

Re: [Histonet] HIS-Copath-Paperless Order Entry

2012-04-03 Thread Kim Donadio
I've used it. We used it to track all our off site specimens. It was great for catching that one specimen that someone would leave in the wrong place very rarely. Yes, it meant we had to do a little extra work and sometimes we had to go on hunts for the specimen we knew was out there but that be

Re: [Histonet] CLIA requirements

2012-03-27 Thread Kim Donadio
CLIA does state that personnel performing high complexity testing have it. So yes. They have to provide it. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Amber McKenzie wrote: > Do you make it a requirement to work in the lab that everyone provide proof > of education b/c it's not a com

Re: [Histonet] CLIA requirements

2012-03-27 Thread Kim Donadio
I've always kept an additional copy for my own files when inspections occur Not every place allows this btw But transcripts of education copies of state license is always handy in a inspection so I do. Under lock and key. Because personnel files should be private. Sent from my iPhone On

Re: [Histonet] Re: Redneck Lent

2012-03-27 Thread Kim Donadio
Good to see some of us still have a sense of humor. We are the sultans of swing :D Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Bob Richmond wrote: > I think this thread is the longest I've seen in fifteen years on > Histonet! I find the joke a little lame, but the thread gets funnier > and

Re: [Histonet] FW: Redneck Lent

2012-03-27 Thread Kim Donadio
Ahhh lol. I love it :) Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:48 PM, JOSEPH FRAZEE wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:55:27 +0100 > From: spoeri...@yahoo.com > Subject: Fw: Fwd: Redneck Lent > To: karen.green...@hobbylobby.com; stewartdap...@hotmail.com; > yvette.fette...@basf.com; f

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