[Histonet] IHC Position Dallas

2012-09-19 Thread Pat Patterson
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY TECHNICIAN ProPath, a progressive, CAP accredited, high-volume pathology practice in Dallas, Texas is seeking an Immunohistochemistry Technician for its' Immunohistochemistry Lab. Responsibilities include slide preparation (paraffin and frozen sections), IHC staining

[Histonet] Ohio HT Position

2012-09-19 Thread Hale, Meredith
Great part time opportunities' for Histotechnician's in Canton , Ohio! Gastroenterology Associates is looking for certified HT's or HTL's to join their new laboratory . Candidate must meet the following criteria: * Meet CLIA Grossing Requirements : CFR 493.1489,

[Histonet] Looking for a working microtome

2012-09-19 Thread dusko trajkovic
Hallo Histo colleagues, I'm posting this for a friend of mine who is looking for a working microtome. He works in an academic lab (San Diego area) and not a lot of money available. Replies from various vendors are welcome as well as individual labs looking to get rid of some of their unused

[Histonet] Career step ladders in teh Histology lab

2012-09-19 Thread Amber McKenzie
I was wondering what career ladders where in your labs? What goals do employees have to meet before they get a pay raise/advancement in the lab/ or a new title? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] thickness of slides

2012-09-19 Thread Nancy Schmitt
Diana- We cut routine slides at 4 microns. Blocks marked for lymph node are cut at 2.5. Prostate needle cores: we cut three levels and save two unstained at each level. HE has two sections - bottom section is always deepest - unstains are taken from in between the upper and lower

[Histonet] Re: thickness of slides

2012-09-19 Thread Bob Richmond
Diana McCaig asks for your protocol for cutting prostate needle core biopsies.how many spares you cut and do you designate the level on the slide label if multiple levels are submitted on one slide? I worked in one of the big prostate labs for a while, and this is what they use, and what I

Re: [Histonet] Career step ladders in teh Histology lab

2012-09-19 Thread Rene J Buesa
My staff was evaluated annually (on their hiring anniversary) and a salary increase was calculated based on their evaluation results. When a new position was open, in house employees were given preference if their qualification met the new position requirements. If an employee reached a new

RE: [Histonet] RE: mouse testis in Bouins/Picric acid hazzards

2012-09-19 Thread Ingles Claire
Yes, but why take the chance. There are also other chemicals in the lab the picric acid can interact with to make it even more volitile than it was to begin with. Dynamite other explosives have the same problem. The older it gets the more degraded and unstable it becomes. One never knows if or

[Histonet] Request for assistance

2012-09-19 Thread Bryan Llewellyn
I have a paper ready for publication, but the reviewers suggested that some photographs should be included. Unfortunately, when I retired I moved to a new community and do not have access to a histology laboratory anymore. Unfortunately, I discarded all the slides I had stained developing the

[Histonet] SOX10

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kent
Hello, Has there been a successful response to the question on SOX10 on Ventana platform? We have very faint labeling on first tries. Thanks ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] Picric Acid

2012-09-19 Thread Goins, Tresa
A WEB site just for historical interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion We continue to use picric acid in the lab, but only as an aqueous or saturated solution. The chemical safety guys came out and carefully removed the bottle of moistened picric acid that we had on the

Re: [Histonet] Picric Acid

2012-09-19 Thread Jackie O'Connor
There is a lot of published data on the hazards of picric acid - although I don't think most histo labs have to worry about what they have in house for trichromes and fixation. It did cost me more disposal since we used to use hundreds of gallons a year for fixation of testes. Finding an

RE: [Histonet] Picric Acid

2012-09-19 Thread Joe Nocito
When I was in Texas the second time ( I was there from 1981-1986 and returned in 1991. OK so I'm dating myself) , we were preparing a CAP inspection. I found a brown bottle way in the back of the chemical cabinet. Lo and behold it was the picric acid I saved from the previous go round. I said to

[Histonet] Gastro prices

2012-09-19 Thread Bustamante, Lin
For Gastric Biopsy, I need to know how much other labs are charging for: - HE slide - Unstained slide - Special stain Giemsa and Ab/PAS Thank you very much. Lin Bustamante. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

Re: [Histonet] SOX10

2012-09-19 Thread Emily Sours
We can't get sox10 to work on anything, let alone with a processor. We use chick tissue though. Emily On Sep 19, 2012 3:57 PM, Michael Kent mk...@dermpathlab.com wrote: Hello, Has there been a successful response to the question on SOX10 on Ventana platform? We have very faint labeling on