In regard to tracking OR specimens, we use a "handling transmittal " form. On it is the patient information, PF number, doctor, courier, who it was rc'd by and the specimen . The OR fills it out and whoever receives the specimens will check the paperwork against the name on the container .
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Re: Re: Mohs technique (Kim Tournear) 2. Re: Section thickness (Vanessa J. Phelan) 3. Hologic Thin Prep 2000 Imaging Sytem ([email protected]) 4. Biocare intelliPATH (Jackie M O'Connor) 5. RE: Biocare intelliPATH (Blazek, Linda) 6. Re: specimen tracking from the OR (Matthew Lunetta) 7. Temp Position In San Diego Ca. (James Watson) 8. Manager's question (Terri Braud) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:48:28 -0800 (PST) From: Kim Tournear <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: Mohs technique To: Histonet <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The derm office I workd in found a neat little gadget called a "cryo-embedder". It is sold by Belaire Instruments and works great. Better than trying to use cryomolds, slides, etc... ~Kim Tournear ~ HT (ASCP), QIHC (ASCP) Histology Supervisor Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZ ~Don't let your life end before it begins~ OU Rocks!!!! --- On Wed, 2/25/09, whitmorel <[email protected]> wrote: From: whitmorel <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Re: Mohs technique To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 12:21 PM First of all, there is no apostrophe in Mohs. Sorry, being picky is a necessity for a Mohs tech. How are you mounting your tissue? Are you using a glass slide to mount the tissue? There are several different method out there for mounting tissue so you can be sure the entire epidermis is completely down and air bubbles are out of the tissue. You might have your surgeon contact the Mohs College and see about getting a trainer to come and work with you. With your background, the 2 days the College suggests would work great. The other alternative is to go and visit a trainer. If you go onto the website www.mohscollege.org you can find a list of Mohs histotech trainers. Lynn Whitmore HT(ASCP) Mohs Histotechnology Trainer - >------------------------------ > >Message: 17 >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:56:12 -0800 (PST) >From: Steven Coakley <[email protected]> >Subject: [Histonet] Moh's techniques >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Good morning all, > >I'm learning a new way to do Moh's. Much more relaxed compared to how I did them years ago with a Pathologist looking over my shoulder while I attempted to cryosection 12, 3,9,12 o'clock boarders, stain them by hand and the Dermatologist wanting the results "yesterday". I'd like to get some ideas as to techniques Moh's Techs are using out there that work well in assuring that one gets the entire skin edge. I'd also Like to shadow in any fairly local Moh's labs in the So.WI or No. Ill. area. > >Thanks everyone, > >Steve > > > > > >------------------------------ > >M _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:53:51 -0500 From: "Vanessa J. Phelan" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Section thickness To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <c5d2bcbf.15e%[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Ammunition...no, was more just inquiring what the what the average would be and if there was any specific reason for thinner sections other that just preference. Thanks Vanessa On 3/3/09 9:37 AM, "Rene J Buesa" <[email protected]> wrote: > Vanessa: > Lymph nodes for cellular details (special request) = 3 µm > H&E and all other special procedures = 5 µm > Sections for bone marrow and liver reticulum stain = 7 µm > Brain and central nervous system = 10 µm > > Now a question, why do you want to know this? To have "ammunition" to > challenge what is done in your new lab? Not a wise move. I don't think that > they would mind if you cut thinner, but they will mind if you start bringing > this issue about. Let your thinner sections "speak for themselves". It will > get the moment that "by example" your way will prevail. > René J. > > --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Vanessa J. Phelan <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Vanessa J. Phelan <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Histonet] Section thickness >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 9:14 AM >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> Just wondering what thickness you cut sections at? I was always used to >> cutting at 2-3 microns in my last lab, however in my new place they are >> cutting at 6 microns (for both H & Es and IHC), which seems to me as really >> quite thick! What would be the average cutting thickness? >> >> Thanks a mill, >> >> Vanessa >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Histonet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet >> > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:57:15 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: [Histonet] Hologic Thin Prep 2000 Imaging Sytem To: [email protected] Message-ID: <of5ef8cc3f.e9aed6f6-on8625756e.005756e1-8625756e.0057a...@bradycorp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Does anyone have a copy of the ocr-a font so lab can print slide labels with appropriate readable text for this this system? ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:57:48 -0600 From: Jackie M O'Connor <Jackie.O'[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Biocare intelliPATH To: [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <of4c00b2aa.b441d6da-on8625756e.0057a273-8625756e.0057b...@abbott.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Soliciting opinions on this IHC stainer. Good or bad. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:13:11 -0500 From: "Blazek, Linda" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Biocare intelliPATH To: 'Jackie M O'Connor' <Jackie.O'[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <5a2bd13465e061429d6455c8d6b40e390870c5d...@ibmb7exchange.digestivespecialists.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Jackie, I have Biocare's intelliPath and like it very much. It is an open system so I have the option to use any reagents I choose. You can continuously add stains through out the day even if you have a protocol running. Instillation, support and service has been great. You can contact me any time if you would like any additional information. Linda Linda Blazek HT (ASCP) Manager/Supervisor GI Pathology of Dayton 7415 Brandt Pike Huber Heights, OH 45424 Phone: (937) 293-4424 ext 7118 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jackie M O'Connor Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:58 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [Histonet] Biocare intelliPATH Soliciting opinions on this IHC stainer. Good or bad. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:41:52 -0700 From: "Matthew Lunetta" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Re: specimen tracking from the OR To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII We too are a small hospital. And like Terri there is a book in the OP area that the specimens are logged into when dropped off and picked up. It is a standard Chain-of-Custody (COC) protocol. We have recently added a new process as we too had a sample missplaced when the Histology Lab was closed. Now after hours tissue is brought to the General lab and a COC log is filled out with the RN dripping off the specimen and the Lab Assistant accepting the specimen. To copy Terri, Crude and time consuming, yes....accurate, too. Regards, Matt Lunetta HT, (ASCP) Longmont United Hospital Message: 2 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:28:22 -0500 From: "Terri Braud" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] RE: specimen tracking from the OR To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <f3d3b1ce184aa34abb007c3e0fdcc38403848...@hrex-svr.holyredeemer.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We are a small hospital lab, too. There is a log book in the OR, where specimens are placed for Histo pick up. The circulating nurse puts a Patient sticker and handwrites all specimens removed from the patient, regardless of what they are, and whether or not they have been walked down, tubed, or waiting pickup. We make sure that all specimens we remove are listed in the book, then sign/date/time for them. Any specimen left for us and not in the book, or vice versa, we bring to the attention of the OR control desk. If we make a run and there are no specimens to pick up, then we still sign and date/time the log book as "no specimens". Any specimens brought to the department are checked before accepting. Crude and time consuming, yes....accurate, too. Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Laboratory Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 (215) 938-3676 phone (215) 938-3689 fax 6. log book (Kathy Gorham) Message: 6 Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:15:47 -0800 From: "Kathy Gorham" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] log book Good Monday Morning, We had a serious incident Friday with O.R. My aide went down to get the specimens from O.R. about 9am. (which were left overs from the night before). She did not stamp in the specimens before she left. When I had time to stamp them in and record them in the log book I discovered that the colon was not there. Two other specimens from that patient where in the bag but no colon. So I went down to O.R. to see where it was. Of course no one knows what happened to the colon. The doctors are furious by all means. Now the O.R. thinks the path lab screwed up. So my questions is how do others log in the specimens as they come into the lab. We have 2 couriers that brings specimens when we are not in the lab from other hospitals. How do you make sure that whom ever brings the specimens actually brings the ones they say they do? Do you have a log book that every specimen that is brought into the lab is written down by the person who brings it in? Right n ow we have a log book but it is written in as we are accessing the specimens. So the specimens may have been there overnight. We are a very small lab and we do almost everything by hand including writing in the log book. Someday we want to be able to scan by bar codes but right now we can not do that. Thanks for any help you can give me. Kathy Gorham, H.T. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:59:59 -0800 From: "James Watson" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Temp Position In San Diego Ca. To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Would you like to spend the summer in Sunny San Diego Ca.? Job Description GNF is currently seeking a temporary Scientific Associate to join the Histology group (End of June 2009 through beginning of October 2009). Job Summary Performs routine, special staining and complex procedures necessary in preparing specimens of animal tissue in a research environment. Qualifications Associate's degree in a biological science or completion of a NAACLS accredited School of Histotechnology is required. Having the American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) certification as a Histology Technician is required. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description. Experience Applicant should have at least 2 years of experience in animal techniques, a wide variety of manual histochemical and enzymatic staining, automated and manual immunohistochemistry. Essential Functions 1. Identifies significant tissue elements microscopically to determine quality of staining. 2. Necropsy, fix, trim, process, and embed animal tissue for paraffin and frozen sections. 3. Performs microtomy on rotary microtome, cryostat. 4. Prepares dyes and solutions in order to perform special or complex procedures. 5. Have the background to do basic histochemical stains and enzymatic histochemical stains. Have the background in Immunohistochemical staining and other advanced histological procedures. 6. Maintains lab work area by performing preventative maintenance on instruments and equipment and keeping the work area clean and orderly. 7. Operate Slide scanning instrumentation. The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), located in the Torrey Pines area of San Diego, CA, is funded by the Novartis Research Foundation and dedicated to the development and application of new methods and techniques for genome-wide biological discovery and biomedical research. GNF provides a unique and challenging opportunity to combine exploratory biomedical research with pharmaceutical drug development in a highly interactive, multidisciplinary environment and state-of-the-art facilities. GNF offers excellent compensation and a great benefits package. Visit our website at www.gnf.org <http://www.gnf.org/> EOE Please submit your CV and any supporting documents to: Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Job Code: JW03-003 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Fax: 858/812-1670, or submit online to [email protected] (subject line must include JW03-003) ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:15:15 -0500 From: "Terri Braud" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Manager's question To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <f3d3b1ce184aa34abb007c3e0fdcc38403848...@hrex-svr.holyredeemer.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I need some histonet help, please. If you are a manager and if you are being asked to manage to "units per productive manhour" where a unit is one billed test, would you mind sharing your budgeted target? Also, if you have this information, please let me know what services your lab offers...Histology, IHC, Cytology? I've been asked to manage to this figure before, but we always had benchmarked figures to go by. Thanks in advance, Terri Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Laboratory Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 (215) 938-3676 phone (215) 938-3689 fax --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it was sent. It may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential, and the use or disclosure of such information may also be restricted under applicable federal and state law. If you received this communication in error, please do not distribute any part of it or retain any copies, and delete the original E-Mail. Please notify the sender of any error by E-Mail. 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