Re: [Histonet] Medical/health related post

2016-04-29 Thread King, Laurie J via Histonet
Joe and Rene, you have singlehandedly removed me from the list. Don't take yourself so seriously, you will likely live longer. -Original Message- From: Joseph Hardin via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:39 AM To: Rene J Buesa;

[Histonet] Linear Stainers

2015-02-20 Thread King, Laurie J
Hello all- I have worked with the GLX Linear Stainer in the past, while working in Mohs. It worked really well. My question is for those of you out there that have used the smaller version that fits on top of the cryostat. Are there enough stations to get a quality stain? If you are a user,

[Histonet] CM1800 manual

2014-03-24 Thread King, Laurie J
Got the manual I asked for, thanks everybody! Laurie __ The contents of this message may contain private, protected and/or privileged information. If you received this message in error, you should destroy the e-mail message

[Histonet] Leica Reichert Jung Cryocut 1800

2014-03-21 Thread King, Laurie J
Hello all, Looking for a manual for a Leica Reichert Jung Cryocut 1800. Laurie __ The contents of this message may contain private, protected and/or privileged information. If you received this message in error, you should

[Histonet] RE: Freezer for tissue storage

2013-12-12 Thread King, Laurie J
In my experience the uprights have more frost buildup problems, causing sealing problems. The chest ones I've had in the lab do less of this. Laurie -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of

[Histonet] RE: off site frozen sections

2013-12-03 Thread King, Laurie J
We do this using Remote Meeting Technologies. There is a camera mounted on the scope, the histotech grosses, stains, and drives the microsope, Pathology reads remotely and calls the surgeon. Then tissue is sent to the main campus for processing from one facility. The other facility is set up to

[Histonet] job opening

2013-01-24 Thread King, Laurie J
Posting this for a colleague. Full time opening for Histology at The Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Weston Wisconsin. For details go to their website at www.dxandtx.comhttp://www.dxandtx.com Laurie King __ The contents of

[Histonet] Just for fun

2012-03-22 Thread King, Laurie
Got this off the net: Can't attest to it's accuracy. April Fool's Day History The history of April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was

Re: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

2011-08-08 Thread King, Laurie
If you can't afford the melter, just go to Walmart or someplace similar, you can get inexpensive, small kitchen paring knives for less than $1 each. And, they are less likely to cause injury than a scalpel. Laurie --Original Message-- From: sris...@mail.holyname.org

[Histonet] sentinel nodes

2010-12-01 Thread King, Laurie
Good morning all, I've been having a strange artifact on sentinel nodes, in only one lab of the two where I perform frozen sectioning services. This artifact does not show up any any other tissue type either. The node is usually almost totally covered with a bubbling, like the tissue is not

Re: [Histonet] reprocessing tissue

2009-08-14 Thread King, Laurie
Just melt the paraffin off and pat dry, process from formalin normally. Just did it yesterday, works great. Laurie --Original Message-- From: nancy monroe elainemon...@live.com Date: Fri Aug 14, 2009 -- 10:59:08 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject:[Histonet]

Re: [Histonet] Leica CM1850uv

2009-06-23 Thread King, Laurie
I've worked with 4 of these units, two had the problem, two didn't. Long story short, the problem won't go away until you have the Peltier unit replaced. That is not normal ice buildup. Laurie --Original Message-- From: Demarinis, Carolyn cdemari...@saratogacare.org Date: Tue Jun

[Histonet] new FS stain problem

2009-03-09 Thread King, Laurie
Good day all, I am doing frozen sectioning at three different facilities in two towns, and this problem is identical at each. The first section I keep, I'm in the habit of placing at the frosted end of the slide. No matter if I take one, two, three or more, that first section is almost non