Pam,
So far a lot of excellent advice has been given. Along the lines of what
Tim has said, learn new tests. Any chance to get scope time with a
pathologist one on one or in a multi scope setting is an excellent learning
tool. It shows your interest & you will get to know your pathologists. This
Hi!
We are required to keep all of our materials for 20 years.
CAP I think is less, but we have to follow NYS.
Vikki Baker
On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 1:22 PM Nancy Schmitt via Histonet <
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> Hello-
>
> Can you tell me what you are doing with autopsy blocks?
Hi Richard!
That is the duplicate of what we do in our lab. We were putting both the
core and the clot on the same slide for in house testing, but den outs we
sometimes have to split the specimen and only on a slide.
I have a question for you about ISH Kappa/Lambda. What decal protocol do
you
Happy Monday morning!
We recently had an incident which led us to review our policy on frozen
section QA.
In your institution does the same pathologist who did the frozen section
read the permanent sections? Also if they do then who is the pathologist
responsible for doing the QA? How is this
Ariel,
Go to the NSH learning they have a very good tool there.
Vikki
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 10:29 AM Ariel Liberda via Histonet <
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> Hello all!
> I hope everyone is staying safe!
>
> I'm looking to get my QIHC and I was wondering what prep materials
>
Ranna,
I took the course and it was well worth the cost for me. As to how it is
assisting my career right now it isn't as my facility stopped using imaging
about a year and a half ago. With the pandemic they may be rethinking
this, but it won't be immediate.
This type of skill will be more
Hi,
I just referred back to my sometimes frustrating clear as mud 2019 CPT
coding binder.
88172 is not saying that it has to be done by a pathologist. In many cases
it is completed by a Cytotechnologist.
The precise wording says
"Cytopathology, evaluation of fine needle aspirate; immediate
Happy Friday!
I'm looking to see if anyone out there is using these two specific
instruments together.
For about 8 or 9 months we have been experiencing what looks like water or
water droplets on the IHC slides. It's not on all slides and we can go a
span of time with no issues only to have it
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 9:45 PM Victoria Baker wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is anyone currently using CD27 on FFPE human tissue?
>
> I found one source and it is for lyophilized CD27. I'd like to find one
> that is a concentrate. I have given up on a pre-dilute. I would like to
> see if there is both a
Hi!
Is anyone currently using CD27 on FFPE human tissue?
I found one source and it is for lyophilized CD27. I'd like to find one
that is a concentrate. I have given up on a pre-dilute. I would like to
see if there is both a mono and a poly clonal ab available and is I'm use.
Thank you in
Jennifer,
I called Leica as we have 2 cryostats at different locations so we needed
to be sure that we could use our current spray that we get from Leica.
We were told that their spray with the 1,1,1,2 Tetrafluoroethane is safe to
use.
I would therefore check to see what you have in stock and if
Good morning!
Just recently we started having an issue with a heavy blue precipitate on
our bone marrow cores. We have changed nothing in our protocol and even
did parallel testing with a reference lab. Both had the precipitate, but
to a lesser intensity.
Has anyone else been seeing this?
Thank you everyone for your responses. It is very much appreciated.
It is an up hill issue as most of the technical staff have been here and
maybe one other lab in their entire career and "no one's complained
before". I'd like that phrase and "that's the way we've always done it"
stricken from
Kelly,
It is not bashing, it is frustration and concern.
We need our instruments and reagents to work so that we deliver reliable
and consistent results to our pathologists. They trust our work and
dedication to them and ultimately the patient. When something like this
happens and we can't get
Terri,
We went through hell with the Roche dispensers in late 2017 to early 2018.
The only thing positive I have to say is that the field engineer and our
FAS are great. I have little respect for the sales staff or inside
support.
We pay top dollar for these instruments and the required
> tissue?
>
> I only re-embed blocks with air bubbles if it will affect the quality of
> the slide myself.
>
>
> Jennifer
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Victoria Baker via Histonet
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:49 PM
> To: histonet@lists.utsout
Hi,
When I was trained to do embedding there were many things that the
professor stressed to me need to be done in order to have the tissue block
acceptable for sectioning. One of these was air bubbles.
Recently we had a new tech embed a derm block that had an bubble that was
pretty big. The
Mike,
Yes that is correct. Histology labs because of their toxic chemicals and
less than pleasant odors need to keep the doors shut for proper
ventilation. This doesn't always happen when there is a high volume of
people going in and out.
I like it to the requirement that there be a sink (clean
To All,
I am seaching for a lab that can run both of these antibodies on human FFPE
tissue.
HIF-1 alpha is Hypoxia Inducible 1 alpha
EBNA1 is Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen 1
If anyone performs these tests or knows of a lab that does, please contact
me.
Thank you in advance
Vikki
Me as well. It's beautiful there!
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 12:27 PM Colleen Forster via Histonet <
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> This sounds wonderful..I wish I were in a position to swoop it up!
>
> Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Arrington, Karla
Happy Friday!
Our hospital is starting to look at new HIS vendors. The two that are
being strongly looked at are Cerner and Epic.
Of course the hospital is using a consulting firm who have sort of tied our
hands in terms of following up with vendors and any after the demo
questions we are to
We currently have a student in our lab. She took her classes through
Broome community college were the program is in its infancy. I think she
would benefit from this book.
I can give you contact information off line and it would be a hospital
address.
Vikki Baker
UHS Wilson Hospital
On Oct
We currently have a student in our lab. She took her classes through
Broome community college were the program is in its infancy. I think she
would benefit from this book.
I can give you contact information off line and it would be a hospital
address.
Vikki Baker
UHS Wilson Hospital
On Oct
Curt,
I am not sure how much you will actually save if you factor in the cost of
a person hand counter staining these slides. I will be the first to say
Ventana is over priced, but off line counter staining brings in an
additional variable and cost. In the end is it a real savings? It's an
Have you looked at an ad locum pathologist? Or a retired pathologist that
would be willing to work as a per diem?
The county coroner might even be willing to get you information or know of
a pathologist willing to come in. But do you have a dinner or a
Histologist willing to do the assisting?
I'm trying to reach out to other NYS Histology labs. I can't really get a
real answer regarding a non-CLT doing the embedding/microtomy and staining
of just Autopsy material. I think that they can't but the actual
documentation is not completely clear.
What are other labs doing?
Thank you in
ThermoFisher. It is on there website. I don't have the catalog number
but I just ordered one
On May 15, 2017 12:48 PM, "Amanda Reichard via Histonet" <
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> I am hoping someone can help me out here... I am in search of stand-alone
> heat
By using a hygrometer (did I spell that right?) you should be able to see
the purity of the alcohol. We usually get between 97 to 98 percent. We do
use fresh absolute alcohol always in the processor. We start with 80, 95
all recycled.
On Feb 22, 2017 4:55 PM, "Gareth Davis via Histonet" <
We routinely recycle xylene and alcohol on a CBG recycler without issues.
We also run ER PR HER2 breast panel, ISH and routine IHC
Vikki Baker
On Feb 22, 2017 3:37 PM, "Gareth Davis via Histonet" <
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was always told not to use recycled
Hi.
Back when I was in research we did Hale's Colloidal Iron stain. Making the
dialyzed iron was really the big part and back then we were using a
cellulose tubing that we had from another group. I've been trying to find
the right type but there is just too many choices. I've also been trying
Hi - Happy Friday!
Is anyone on makeing cellblocks with thromboplasting/plasma on cells fixed
in sodium citrate? These would be pleural fluids and bronch brushings and
washings.
Thanks in advance.
Vikki
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Hi
I am looking for Thromboplastin to make cell blocks. I can't remember
who we got it from years ago.
Any information is much appreciated.
Vikki
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We have Saturday lab coverage which includes IHC.
Case/slides vary between 8-15/25-85. This includes multiplex and ISH.
Vikki
On Aug 23, 2015 10:49 AM, Cartun, Richard via Histonet
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu wrote:
How many of you working in hospital-based pathology laboratories run
Karen
We take ours off on Sunday. The tissue processor is set up with 6 hours of
fixation the minimum time. We have VIP 5's so on Friday the tissue goes on
a delay run that is set to come out of formalin at 12:30 AM Sunday
morning. The end of the process is at 9 AM Sunday morning. Just take
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