I had this issue a couple of years back. Found out that there was a delay of
over an hour from the time the specimen was collected to the time it was being
put into fixative.
Tom
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
AP Section Head
LRGHealthcare
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From:
Check you blade angle. Keep your blocks cold, change your blade often and just
be patient.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
AP Section Head
LRGHealthcare
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
the starting salaries on your degree
first, then specialty so MT, HT/HTL with BS degrees earn the same.
Tom
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From: Morken, Timothy [mailto:timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:42 PM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Jennifer MacDonald; histonet
So just out of curiosity is the pay on the same level as that of a Med Tech
with a BS?
Does the BA/BS have to be in Histotechnology or is the BA/BS followed by one of
the on-line certificate programs?
Tom
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
AP Section Head
LRGHealthcare
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Not what I call a lean system. Why the change?
Tom
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
AP Section Head
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Paula Sicurello
Well said.
As a tech who once dropped a tray of cassettes on the floor I would be more
concerned about the travel from the processors to the embedding unit. Just
imagine a bunch of gastric biopsy cassettes scattered down the hallway and one
or two open cassettes on the floor. Increase the
Not at the moment in New England.
Sorry, I just could not resist with the way this winter has been.
We did at one time and we ended up replacing the cooling unit in our morgue.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
I have never really cared how fast or how many blocks can be embedded or cut
per hour. I have always focused on the quality. In a hospital setting there is
too much variety to have set numbers.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
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Unfixed specimen should be done under a biological safety cabinet.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amanda Reichard
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:27 AM
To:
I would start with CAP/CLIA for their guidelines. Then check to see what the
state regulations would be.
Tom
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
29 years.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas Porter
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 2:39 PM
To:
The navy lab I was stationed at in VA, we had a picture of Quincy on our dart
board. Yeah, he was our favorite target.
Tom
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From: Shirley A. Powell [mailto:powell...@mercer.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 2:22 PM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID
Oh man, how can I forget. Microtome grease and his cover's head band.
Tom
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From: O'Donnell, Bill [mailto:billodonn...@catholichealth.net]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:10 PM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Shirley A. Powell; Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID);
'Morken
We have never had an issue with either our recycled xylene or alcohol that was
not self inflicted. When our system is running there are no fumes.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From:
Tibbs [mailto:barbara.ti...@accuratediagnosticlabs.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:37 AM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID);
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: Recycled or not? NO PHI
Maybe your pathologists aren't as fussy as the pathologists I worked
We do not allow any formalin in the surgery rooms. They come to the Histology
department to pre-fill their containers since they do not a fume hood in the
OR. Those containers go into a utility room and a scrub tech will leave the
surgical suite to place the collected specimen in the
Don't even get me going.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:28 AM
To: Davis, Cassie; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject:
I agree Peggy. Just one question. What is a small histology lab to do when they
only have one processor and cannot run separate cycles and do not have staffing
to run short cycles throughout the day?
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
My current lab the air exchange rate is 58/hr.
The good news: you do not smell fumes of any kind.
The bad news: we are negative pressure and the unvented bathrooms are just
outside our lab.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
We do not re-use the blades or leave them in the microtome it is against our
safety practices. We handle the blades twice, when we place them in the blade
holder and when we remove them and drop them into the sharps container.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety
This thread reminds me of the time in the Navy, while assigned to the histology
department full time we sometimes had to cover nights in hematology. I noticed
the light on in the histology lab. I quietly opened the door to see one of the
night chemistry techs smoking a joint while he stood next
Is your manager a Tech? Sure does not sound like one. Anyone that is willing to
compromise the quality of diagnostic slides to save a dollar should not be in a
management position.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
We use ThinPrep.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
As of May 24th I will have an opening for a Tech. Days only 40 hours per week.
No weekends doing routine histology, no IHC.
Located in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire.
* If interested here is the link: LRGHealthcare | Career
Centerhttp://www.lrgh.org/Jobs
www.lrgh.org/Jobs
Reagent Alcohol contains methanol, which is a U-listed EPA hazardous chemical
and cannot be poured down the drain.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From:
That is basically what we do.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Margiotta-Watz,
Michele
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 7:55 AM
To: 'SimmsColon, Janine';
Yes, they would prefer quality cut sections over speed. They would rather wait
for the slides than get junk. I do most of the final QA on the slides and will
order any recuts for quality. It's a team approach to quality and when an issue
does rise up, it's a group discussion on how to avoid it
I was once worked at a place that had this sign on the wall that everyone saw
as you entered the training room.
When you think you are through learning, you are through here
Blows my mind when I run into people that refuse to learn anything current.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology
We have one simple way of doing it. He who Grosses is he who reads.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
susan.wal...@hcahealthcare.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:21 AM
To: gu.l...@gmx.at;
The last person I hired for a tech position, was just finishing her on-line
program. I helped her complete that and then she was given two years to get her
certification. This was all part of her hiring agreement, so she knew this
coming in and completely understood that failing to achieve
Depends of the amount the cabinet is rated for.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Vickroy, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:57 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet]
I help run an online first person shooter game server and one of the few rules
we have is you need a thick skin to play here.
The other few rules are No Racism, politics or religion discussions while
playing. Come to have fun.
To me the same should apply here. I come here for advice,
/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From: O'Donnell, Bill [mailto:billodonn...@catholichealth.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:40 PM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Kara Lee; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE
.
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From: O'Donnell, Bill [mailto:billodonn...@catholichealth.net]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:40 AM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Kara Lee; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] re: April fools prank
We were safe as long as their egos were intact
I used to be real bad about pulling pranks in my younger days. If fact, there
were three of use in our Navy lab that pranked each other all the time. Then to
the horror of the rest of the staff we joined forces and starting pranking
everyone else. It finally got to the point that all we had to
I was sent this link a couple of weeks ago, thought I would share it.
http://www.darkdaily.com/health-of-pathology-laboratory-technicians-at-risk-from-common-solvents-like-xylene-and-toluene-070511#axzz1hkVgUzSf
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
Union position? Only if I was starving.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Pam Bakken
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:54 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet]
This abstract is in the January 2012 edition of CAP Today.
Effect of prolonged fixation on evaluation of ER, PR, and HER2 expression in
breast cancer
Expression of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal
growth factor receptor 2 is important in predicting a response to
I have always allowed music to play at work usually left on a radio station
since it will keep us updated on the day's information and leave the more
offensive language out. I bought the department a system that will play cd and
iPods'. The only rule is while playing our iPods', the songs with
We have our fume hoods inspected twice per year and the air exchange rate in
our room is 52 times per hour, so we do not wear respirators in the lab. We
only wear the full face respirators in the hazardous waste storage are while we
are transferring the waste into the storage containers.
We
Have never had a problem with ours.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
I like your world.
I have seen more places that try to price Histology in the same range as CLA's
not even close to MLT's.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun
Sent:
I had a dachshund named Willey, he ate my copy, guess he like the pictures.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
, Thomas; Bob Richmond; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Ann Preece (was decal [sic] question)
Was Willey the dog you and sue had in VA? Seems he ate everything -
including an electrical cord -
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From: Podawiltz, Thomas [mailto:tpodawi...@lrgh.org]
Sent
We are state inspected under CLIA, which block retention is two years, however
we follow the more stricter CAP of ten years.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From:
Mine is ducted directly into our ventilation system
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
LRGHealthcare
Laconia, NH 03246
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sometimes a new employee is like the old canary miners took with them. They
alert you to bad air. Sometimes, after you have used a product for a while your
body has adjusted to it and you cease to notice it.
We use xylene, the last time a substitute was looked at one of the techs had a
While I was in the Navy 77-83, I spent a week at AFIP for special stain course
they had. I got to meet Lee Luna, but did not get to spend a lot of time with
the man. However, my most memorable trip to AFIP was when I was stationed at
the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (the
I have had one tech finish an online HT course and currently a second person
looking at going the online route to her HT. In both cases as their supervisor
I have had to sign on as their in house trainer. As a trainer it is my job to
make sure that they know how to function well in Histology
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Podawiltz,
Thomas; b-freder...@northwestern.edu; hborg...@wakehealth.edu; rjbu...@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re:peggy wenk comments on HT/HTL practical - To stick a
Pin
Tom,
I feel that this is very important conversation, not whining about the
situation
; D'Attilio, Shelley;
Podawiltz, Thomas
Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Embedding process improvement and
competencyassessment
I fail to see the correlation of a non HT person supervising the
Histology lab and the lack of a practical exam for HT/HTL staff. One of
the issues that Shelley brought up
I might be wrong here but I thought that each time that you brought in new
testing, you had to validate it at that time, then had to keep those records
for the life of the test, plus a couple of years.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
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What is the standard CPT code that everyone uses for CSF specimens
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
THIS MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL.
This e-mail message and any attachments are proprietary and confidential
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Not just OSHA, but the EPA prohibits it
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/topics/waste.html#hazwaste
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
We dispose of our waste paraffin as a chemical waste. It gets hauled away,
since we have no way to incinerate it.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
We have always helped with autopsies, just comes with the territory.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
And that is why I never let you use my knives.
Tom
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:31 AM
To: histot...@imagesbyhopper.com; Paula Sicurello
I 'm game for that as long as there is Tequila around.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
___
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cynthia Robinson
For our own commune, I would look at Bend, Oregon, nothing against northern CA
it is so beautiful, buts its still CA.
Plus the fact, I was born and raised in Oregon.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
From:
What are your procedures for rejection and correction when you receive either a
surgical or Nongyn specimen that has incomplete information on the
requisitions or the container is not labeled properly?
Do you send it back to the provider's office?
Have them come to your lab to make the
Thought it was a EPA offense to pour flammables down the drain, especially
anything that contains methanol.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Since my Navy time I have had two major careers in my life time. Histology and
Sales(17 yrs).
My experience gained me this prospective: All companies go through periods were
everything they do is done right, then a few key people leave and suddenly they
can't get out of their own way.
We did a self audit about three or four years ago. My area is considered a
small waste storage area and yes there is required training. In New Hampshire,
we can get that training through the state.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
Worry more about quality than speed at this time. I measure my staff on quality
rather than how fast things get done. It's a waste of time, energy and
resources to have to re-cut blocks because of poor quality. Speed comes with
time and experience.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section
It is my understanding that it used for examaination and selection of retrieved
archival (ie,previously diagnosed) tissue for molecular analysis (eg, KRAS
mutational analysis).
page 440 of the 2011 AMA CPT , professional edition.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory
So who gets fired the person that made the error or the person who let the
slide out of the lab after verifying that the block matched the number and
tissue on the slide?
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
I actually randomly review the slides before they are sent to the Pathologist
any slide with incomplete sections, chatter or other major defects get re-cut
at that time. Since doing this complaints from the Pathologist disappeared
about the quality of the slides they were getting. They get the
Our gross room is set up a with a fume hood that runs the entire length of one
wall, this includes our sink. When we need to dump tissue, we plug the drain
then lay down our formalin pads to collect any spills. We place a large
specimen container on the pads add a large screen then pour off the
FYI,
I have been to Steve's lab. They have a great layout. A lot of time and effort
was spent in the design of it and it shows.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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From:
Totally agree with Rene. You will need to use some type of drying oven
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
-Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
That is a new one on me. It has never come up during any of our inspections.
Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
That is a hard question. Here when we hire a un registered tech, they are given
a time limit (3 years) to get their certification. At the end of three years,
we reserve the right to terminate if they have not achieved their certification.
What are the levels for your lab? Do you have anything
Here, all the surgical specimens are delivered directly to the Histology lab.
All other specimens are delivered to the Specimen processing area (SPA). This
way all specimens that need to be shared can be done there.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
We basically do the same at Tom's lab, the only exception is we file the
unstained slides with the stained slides. Especially with the FNA biopsies. We
have had to pull the unstained slide to send out for IHC's.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
I got into Histology while I was in the Navy. I was out of MLT school by about
three maybe four months, when my wife who was also active duty finally got
transferred to the same base as I. There were two openings for her, Blood Bank
and Histology. The Navy did not want to put a Med Tech in
We just bought everyone skates.
Seriously, we have a scraper that we use, along with the various mats. What we
just did was lay the traction strips on the floor outside of the Histology lab.
That was the area were most people, myself included have slipped and fallen.
Ironically, we found no
What CLIA regulation did they use for reference for that statement?
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
What does your state require? New Hampshire requires to test with the test kit
and if at zero we can drain dispose. The state also requires us to keep our
test records for five years.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Our last inspection our exchange rate tested out at 52/hour. We had increased
from 26/hour because we could still had fumes in the lab. (CMS inspector could
smell xylene from our stainer) For the life of me cannot remember what the min.
rate is .
Tom
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section
Just curious, were you trying to use a company credit card? If not try setting
up a paypal account that is link to your credit card.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From:
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Company email
Yes, it was a company card. They indicated payment wasn't the issue they
needed the email address for their records. Go figure!
Sheila Haas
Laboratory Supervisor
Micro Path Laboratories
I think the 1 gallon per 100 square feet is OSHA. What you have to make sure
not to exceed the amount your cabinet is rated. for. We do not store are 10 %
in a flammable cabinet.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
I went to the Navy's MLT program in 79-80 and we did drug screens manually and
the chemicals that we used would give us a buzz. Thought it was ironic that I
was getting high while looking for drugs in somebody else.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
Are the prostate biopsies, fixed in formalin or Bouins?
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
This is basically how we have always done. On scheduled frozens we have 15
minutes for turnaround, unscheduled 30 minutes.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From:
We do not throw them out, we file them with the stained slides for future
reference.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
We have one timmer. I don't use it, I hand trim simply because I am quicker
with it. The other techs use the timmer to save their hands.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From:
We dump very little down the drain. Formalin has not been drained dump since
1988. We used to have it hauled away, because the former administration never
got into re-cycling the formalin.
What we do today, is too de-formalize the formalin, test it and then drain
dumped if it passes. We buy the
The OR delivery all the specimens to us. We do not go to the OR at all for
specimens. Whom ever brings the OR specimens must lay out all specimens with
the slips. Any case that is missing a specimen, we reject the case and the OR
runner takes it back to the people that work that case to figure
Rene, I can't and won't put words into Bill's mouth, especially since we have
known each other for almost 30 years, but I think his question was, was there
really a problem with people turning in someone else's work as their own.
Where are the facts that it even happen?
Tom Podawiltz, HT
Based on what you just said, the students that come from your school do not
have to do a 90 probationary period while someone you hire from the outside
does? Man, could I have fun from a HR perspective on unequal treatment of new
hires.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section
I believe CAP recommends 70% etoh.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
We have both the line and jars labeled.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf
Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: Della Speranza, Vinnie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:29 AM
To: Podawiltz, Thomas; Judy Collins; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: Re: As Thanksgiving Approaches
Tom
I would say 2 to 4 hours, depending on how they are submitted. Were biopsy bags
or foam pads used?, size of pcs.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
And this deals with the sharing of Histology ideas How?
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwards, R.E. [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
If you were certified in 2004 or after you need to turn in 36 credit hours of
continuing education in order to maintain your certification. You do not need
to be a member of ASCP to be certified, however you do get some free CE hours
with your membership. My certification was in 85, so yes, I
We buy our slides from Mercdes, usually do not have a problem with them
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer
LRGHealthcare
603-524-3211 ext: 3220
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Unless its changed over the years, My Naval lab in Virgina was both JCAHO and
CAP inspected. Of course I am going back 20 years.
Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
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