Re: [Histonet] CAP and negative IHC controls

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Cartun
That decision needs to be made by your Medical Director. In my laboratory we use polymer detection for almost all of our IHCs and, therefore, I don't require a "Negative Reagent Control" for those cases. We have one antibody that requires avidin-biotin detection and we run a negative reagent c

Re: [Histonet] CAP and negative IHC controls

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Cartun
That decision needs to be made by your Medical Director. In my laboratory we use polymer detection for almost all of our IHCs and, therefore, I don't require a "Negative Reagent Control" for those cases. We have one antibody that requires avidin-biotin detection and we run a negative reagent c

RE: [Histonet] CAP and negative IHC controls

2012-12-28 Thread Debra Siena
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of jsjurc...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 2:19 PM To: . Subject: [Histonet] CAP and negative IHC controls How is everyone interpreting the CAP rule about using negative controls? Do we still need a negative with each patient slide

[Histonet] CAP and negative IHC controls

2012-12-28 Thread jsjurczak
How is everyone interpreting the CAP rule about using negative controls? Do we still need a negative with each patient slide? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet