So do onions! On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Cooper, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've used moldy orange peels as a GMS/PAS-F control in the past. Just > saved the peels in a plastic bag over the weekend, then processed as > usual. They worked beautifully! > > Brian D. Cooper, HT (ASCP)CM | Histology Supervisor > Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine > Children's Hospital Los Angeles > 4650 Sunset Blvd MS#43- Los Angeles, CA 90027 > Ph: 323.361.3357 Pager: 213-209-0184 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Robinson > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 7:21 AM > To: Jb; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Controls: > > We have successfully used hamburger meat to make Gram controls. As far as > GMS controls go, we ran across a post from someone smearing cream cheese > onto lung tissue and letting it sit for a couple of days, fixed and > processed it and were able to demonstrate Aspergillus by GMS. My fungus > control stocks are low so I was actually planning to try this with some > beef lung. I haven't heard of the Slim Jim method before. > > Jeff Robinson, Senior Histotechnologist, Sierra Pathology Lab, Clovis, CA. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jb > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Histonet] Controls: > > Off the wall question, I have been told that slim jims (pepperoni stick) > at the gas station can be processed and used as good gram controls. Has > anyone done this and do they work for GMS also? > > Thank you, > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > This email and attachments may contain PHI that is privileged and > confidential and is not intended for any unauthorized person. If you, the > reader, are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. Do not read the email but instead reply to the sender and > destroy the message and any attachments. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential > or legally privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure > or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this original > message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Jim Burchette "Fly Fishing Bum" *<'(((><* _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
