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To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Cc: Kolman, Kimberly D.
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Losing sections
I may have an answer for you. Your Prisma stainer only runs the heater when
needed. With full runs, the oven stays warm, but later stain runs allow for
the heater to cool down. When
For your entertainment, I have a bizarre phenomenon to share with the group:
I am occasionally losing the TOP section on a deeper cut H&E slide.
Full run of daily slides do not show this issue. A deeper slide cut later in
the day might, or a deeper slide cut first thing in the morning may, when
Has anyone been seeing a rash of leaky formalin specimen containers lately?
Specifically the small 4oz red lid containers from a certain manufacturer?
We are seeing leakage from probably 70-80% of the containers in the last couple
of months. Multiple lot #s and multiple clinic locations.
It is
Hello All;
Can anyone suggest a required temperature range for Histology Labs?
Specifically in regards to performing paraffin embedding and microtomy?
I think room temperature swings of 66 to 83 degrees F are excessive and I am
seeing some issues with paraffin cooling too quickly while embeddin
Looking for any folks out there who have experience with cervical biopsies
obtained using the "SpiraBrush" technique. It is from the Histologics Company
and employs a fabric 'brush' to obtain the sample instead of the standard punch
instrument.
One of our gynecologists would like to begin usin
Has anyone noticed the stainless steel baskets for a Sakura VIP-6 tissue
processor warping on the sides? Still perfectly useable; mine just start
bowing out on each side. They've not been dropped. It does leave a small gap
on each side that I suppose a cassette could sneak out of. I occasi
Does anyone out there have any tips for getting large fatty skin
excisions formalin fixed for gross dissection in a reasonable amount of
time?
Thank you.
Kim Kolman
Kimberly D. Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center
Histology
Ok I guess I'm coming from a different world; so many things, like adequacy on
an FNA, FS or the like are a given, as are ER, PR, etc on tumors. We have
access to patient history here so are able to get a more thorough picture of
what a clinician is looking for. Of course these are all addres
x27;at the time of sample collection'.
Thanks, Kim
Kim Kolman
Kimberly D. Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center
Histology - 115
4101 S. 4th St. Trfwy.
Leavenworth, KS 66048
913-682-2000x52537
Fax: 913-75
Thanks all; now if I can get someone to give me the go-ahead on space, I can
get to stacking away!
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ck of 5? And will they hold up well?
Thanks in advance.
Kim
Kim Kolman
Kimberly D. Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center
Histology - 115
4101 S. 4th St. Trfwy.
Leavenworth, KS 66048
913-682-2000x52537
Fax: 913-758
Hello all;
Is anyone aware of a cryostat design in which the microtome cabinet
would sit at bench level? In other words, it would function like any
regular bench microtome but be housed in a cold cabinet like a cryostat?
This would enable the operator to work in a desk position instead of
uncomfo
Has anyone come up with a documented and referenced procedure for
decontamination of a cryostat using 37% Formaldehyde?
I pulled up old notes in the Histonet archives and saw that Tim Morken
was working on this but that was a number of years ago.
Thanks, Kim
Kimberly D. Kolman,
Thanks everyone for all the replies. I've been perusing the office supply
websites but had not thought of sewing supplies - I'll check that out!
It will be a challenge to find the items my docs here will adjust to, also to
get Supply to order hypodermic needles for this use; I am fighting with
Does anyone know where I can find some large-head pins to use when pinning out
large tissue specimens for fixation? We already use the large "T-pins" and the
regular bulletin board push-pins are too small. We need something with a
larger, easier to grip plastic head, and long (at least ½ inch)
Can anyone tell me where I could find a small (6-7 inches long) alcohol
hydrometer? Needs to read to 200% proof.
All I'm finding is a 12" size and I would like to be able to test in a
100ml cylinder.
Thanks for your help,
Kim
Kimberly D. Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
Diagnostics 115
VA Easte
I'm sure I missed some of the talk on the 'afip closing' thread' but has
anyone mentioned a NEW problem with broken slides on JPC consult cases?
For those of you able to use JPC for consults:
All of the sudden, there have been a number of cases that our lab has
sent to JPC that they've ca
How do you all handle adjustments in paraffin temps depending on
different brands of paraffins?
Last time I ordered, I received a different brand of Paraplast than my
usual and it is obvious that the temp on the tissue processor needs to
be adjusted up, as the paraffin is collecting in large a
We are a small Mohs operation, but we just process and paraffin block
all our remaining specimens and file them with the rest of our pathology
cases. This worked for CAP anyway.
Kim Kolman, HT, (ASCP)
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System
Leavenworth, Ks 66048
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