Tasha,
I am in a 8 Physician GI Laboratory and our Medical Director is from Inform DX (IDX) (formally Miraca Life Science). The consulting staff at IDX states with the Medicare reimbursement drops over the past couple years, that unless you run a high volume (>15-20/day) of H-PLYLORI IHC, it is not cost effective to do the Vantana or Dako IHC stains as the reagents are just so expensive and do not have a very long shelf life. We use a special "HP-Blue" stain from Anatech LTD out of Battle Creek, MI. The stain is cost effective as it can get pretty good results for the cost and we are able to put it on our automatic stainer and run a program just for HP Blue. We then make an addition charge for the special stain slide. If a diagnosis can not still be reached from the HP Blue special stain and an IHC is still required by the pathologist, we send it to IDX's Larger Lab where they can complete the IHC stain and they will charge the patient accordingly. StatLab has some hand staining IHC Kits and that is more cost effective while still achieving the same results as Vantana or Dako. We are just now looking into this option for cost effectiveness vs. results quality. Hope this helps and Good luck in your results. Brent Adams – BS, LPN, HT www.acadianagastro.com Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates, LLC 439 Heymann Blvd Lafayette, LA 70503 tel: (337) 269-1126 fax: (337) 269-1476 ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 173, Issue 12 Send Histonet mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. IHC Platforms (Campbell, Tasha M.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:55:30 +0000 From: "Campbell, Tasha M." <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] IHC Platforms Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello everyone. I was wondering if any small, GI labs do IHC's in house and if so what platforms you use. I am just researching right now to see if it would be worth it to do in house or not. I know a lot of these instruments and reagents are expensive so I would be looking for the most inexpensive instrument and reagents without sacrificing quality. Thanks in advance for your help!!! Tasha Campbell, B.S.,HTL(ASCP) Frederick Gastroenterology Associates 310 W. 9th St. Frederick, MD 21701 301-695-6800 ext. 144 ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ End of Histonet Digest, Vol 173, Issue 12 ***************************************** PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This document and the information contained herein are confidential and protected from disclosure pursuant to Federal Law. This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original with any attachments. Any other use of the email is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
