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2010-03-23 Thread Sara Ingrassia
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2010-03-23 Thread louise renton
Nah...I'd miss the myriad spelling variations variations of the word unsubscribe On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Geoff McAuliffe mcaul...@umdnj.eduwrote: Peter et al. All people have to do is read the instructions. How much simpler can one make it? Hit the delete key when you see any sort

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2010-03-23 Thread kgrobert
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2010-03-23 Thread kgrobert
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2010-03-23 Thread Bonner, Janet
Not to mention all of the references to Mythological Gods!! Janet L. Bonner, HTL (ASCP) Pathology Laboratory Florida Hospital Winter Park janet.bon...@flhosp.org mailto:janet.bon...@flhosp.org 407-646-7559 From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on

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2010-03-23 Thread Merced M Leiker
I really did not want to jump in on this, but Kathy did voice one thing that I'd been wanting to: Adding the To unsubscribe, click here link so that it's obvious. Maybe put it at the top instead of bottom of messages? I also wanted to add that probably most people wanting to unsubscribe are

[Histonet] Full Time Position - Alabama

2010-03-23 Thread Phyllis Thaxton
At DCH we have a full time HistoTech position. Flexible day shift hours Monday through Friday. Must be ASCP registered HT or HTL (or eligible...must become registered within 18 months of hire date). Lab Automation includes IHC stains (Ventana), staining and

[Histonet] Sakura VIP 6 vs Excelsior

2010-03-23 Thread Durden, Kelley
I can't say anything positive or negative about the Thermo excelsior. I got some information from our sales rep and the processor seemed really great. But when it came down to it we had to stay true to Sakura and we were not disappointed. We have the VIP 6 and we love it. This processor has

RE: [Histonet] Thermo Slide and Cassette printers

2010-03-23 Thread Laurie Colbert
We have both the Printmate and 5 Slidemates. They are not problem-free and occasionally need a little TLC, but I love them both. Would never get rid of them. Laurie Colbert Huntington Hospital Pasadena, CA (626) 397-8620 -Original Message- From:

[Histonet] Sestrin 2

2010-03-23 Thread Bernard Martin
Hi all! Has anyone used an antibody to Sestrin 2 for IHC, or seen a journal article that did? We are looking to stain for Sestrin 2, but want to make informed choice as to the antibody we choose. Thanks for any help you can give! Bern ___

[Histonet] Leica Paraplast

2010-03-23 Thread kristen arvidson
Has anyone who uses paraplast (we use the basic one) noticed a change in the quality of your tissue?  I have recently found out that they have changed manufacturing sites in the past couple of months.  I am having on and off issues with my skin specimens that have been going on for about 2

Fw: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Jill Cox
I am so sorry but you just made my day, lol!! Wish I had a remedy for you, sorry.. Jill Cox HT (ASCP) - Forwarded Message From: Patsy Ruegg pru...@ihctech.net To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:59:52 AM Subject: [Histonet] help After you

RE: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Weems, Joyce
I think there is none... But thanks for the funny!! j -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:00 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject:

Re: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Drew Meyer
So sorry... the only thing I know to fix it is time... about a week or two... :) Drew On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:59, Patsy Ruegg pru...@ihctech.net wrote: After you stop laughing seriously I need some help here, apparently I got my fingers in some silver nitrate yesterday and touched my face

Re: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Emily Sours
You could use a sharpie to fill in a killer moustache. I say go with handlebars and not with Hitler-style. Emily Shall we always be content with the ancient tinned salad of the subsidized novel? Or the tired ice-cream of poems which cry themselves to sleep in the refrigerators of the mind?

[Histonet] Silver Lips and Fingers

2010-03-23 Thread Breeden, Sara
I'm not a chemist and may shoot myself in the foot here, but if gold chloride tones silver, would it work on skin? Then you could call it a beauty spot? Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP) NM Dept. of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services PO Box 4700 Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-841-2576

[Histonet] RE: Silver Lips and Fingers

2010-03-23 Thread Weems, Joyce
You can reduce silver with perm solution but then it may curl the hair on your lip... And then it may peel everything off including the skin. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden,

Re: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Paula Pierce
You could go get a set of Groucho glasses with the attached mustache and tell everyone you are just gearing up for April Fool's Day! or treat yourself to a facial and get a chemical peel. From: Emily Sours talulahg...@gmail.com To: Patsy Ruegg

RE: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Edwards, Richard E.
Suggest you Google Henna tattoos and then make a feature of it with a few tasteful scrolls and patterns. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg Sent: 23 March 2010 16:00 To:

RE: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Nails, Felton
Basically time -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:00 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] help After you stop laughing

RE: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread Gladney, Diane C Ms CIV USA MEDCOM MACH
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Patsy, I have removed Silver Nitrate on my hands by first treating the stain with Iodine solution then flushing the area with Sodium Thiosulfate solution (5% ?) then washing my hands thoroughly with soap and water. It removed the Silver Nitrate.

[Histonet] I will be out of office tomorrow 3/23/2010 returning 3/24/2010

2010-03-23 Thread Marilyn . A . Weiss
I will be out of the office starting 03/23/2010 and will not return until 03/24/2010. .In my absence please ask for Mary Campbell . If this is urgent you can contact me on my cell phone number 858-472-4266. ___ Histonet mailing list

RE: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Patsy Ruegg
Thanks for all the ideas, the qtip with straight bleach worked but now I have to treat the 3rd degree burns I have incurred thru all this. Regards, Patsy Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHCtech, LLC Fitzsimmons BioScience Park 12635 Montview Blvd. Suite 215 Aurora, CO 80010 P-720-859-4060

RE: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Bell, Lynne
Pretty funny stuff!! I say to try the sodium thio - it removes unreduced silver. Or you could grab a Brillo pad and scrub away! This laugh was just what I needed today. Thank you. Lynne A. Bell, HT (ASCP) Technical Specialist, Histology Central Vermont Medical Center 130 Fisher Road Barre,

[Histonet] Histotechnician Needed - Newton, MA (Boston)

2010-03-23 Thread Plewinski, Amy
I am searching for a Histotechnician for our beautiful and busy lab Must have the knowledge necessary to assist pathology professionals with Immunohistochemistry, specimen processing, embedding, slide preparation, microtomy, and staining, special and other technical procedures performed in the

RE: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread Maxim Peshkov
Patsy: Chemically, silver nitrate deposites can be reduced onto the slides by 0.5% potassium ferricyanide. I am not sure that it may work onto living skin. Sincerely, Maxim Peshkov, Russia, Taganrog. mailto:maxim...@mail.ru ___

[Histonet] RE: sliver

2010-03-23 Thread Patsy Ruegg
Yea the bleach worked. Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHCtech, LLC Fitzsimmons BioScience Park 12635 Montview Blvd. Suite 215 Aurora, CO 80010 P-720-859-4060 F-720-859-4110 wk email pru...@ihctech.net web site www.ihctech.net This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the

[Histonet] RE: Leica Paraplast

2010-03-23 Thread Debbie Dreesen
Hi Kristen, We were using the Paraplast Xtra and switched to something else after we noticed a difference in the quality of the paraffin. The tissues weren't cutting as well and the paraffin seemed to be gritty. We found we were going through many more blades due to nicks and scratches and

RE: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread Patsy Ruegg
Are you trying to kill me? Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHCtech, LLC Fitzsimmons BioScience Park 12635 Montview Blvd. Suite 215 Aurora, CO 80010 P-720-859-4060 F-720-859-4110 wk email pru...@ihctech.net web site www.ihctech.net This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the

Re: [Histonet] help for silver

2010-03-23 Thread John Kiernan
Some 35 years ago, a person older than I told me the most effective way to get silver stains off skin was to rub the affected part with slightly dampened mercuric chloride powder. He may have been right; I never tried it! I've tried things like iodine-thiosulphate and Farmer's reducer

Re[2]: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread Maxim Peshkov
Patsy: Not, I wrote chemical relations between these reagents. Sorry, but I am not recommended it for your skin. Really, nothing necessary to do. After some days old keratin will fall off and you will not see any traces of silver nitrate. Sincerely, Maxim. You wrote at 23 March 2010, 21:33:43:

Re: Re[2]: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread louise renton
Yep, I seem to remember reading somewhere that Silver nitrate was used as a wart remedy to burn skin off... still I feel for you - did the same thing once, and took a scrubbing brush to my skin to get it all off! 2010/3/23 Maxim Peshkov maxim...@mail.ru Patsy: Not, I wrote chemical relations

Re: [Histonet] sliver help

2010-03-23 Thread V. Neubert
Stained yourself? Nothing to be ashamed of! Wo gehobelt wird, da fliegen Späne German saying :) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

Re: [Histonet] help

2010-03-23 Thread Rene J Buesa
Touch the affected areas with Lugol's solution. After that remove the Lugol with sodium thiosulfate. René J. --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Patsy Ruegg pru...@ihctech.net wrote: From: Patsy Ruegg pru...@ihctech.net Subject: [Histonet] help To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tuesday, March 23,

[Histonet] Re: Grossing Room Staffing

2010-03-23 Thread Robert Richmond
Rick Garnhart HT(ASCP), Memorial Health System Histology Supervisor, Colorado Springs, CO asks: I need help in convincing my Pathology group that it is old school to have a aid or tech in the gross room to hand them specimen and put lids on cassettes and close them. We have a PA that is

RE: [Histonet] help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-23 Thread Kim . Donadio
LOL! I am so sorry Patsy I have been reading this unfortunate but extremely funny story and I just could not help myself any more. I know this has been such a pain in the hiney for you to have to deal with and I am sure all of us here sympathize. It's still funny though you got to just laugh

[Histonet] Reticulin Stain

2010-03-23 Thread Scott, Allison D
Hello to all in histoland. We are having a problem with our reticulin stain. It is not showing a real delination of the reticulin fibers. They are there but it tends to fade off.We do the brown and hopps stain. Any help would be appreciated. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ

[Histonet] Meditech Interface

2010-03-23 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
Has anyone out there interfaced their cassette printer with MediTech? Sounds like it would be a real (and expensive)pain in the neck, but does it work the way you wanted it to? Thanks, William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Lead Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street

[Histonet] FW: Reticulin Stain

2010-03-23 Thread Scott, Allison D
I meant Snook Reticulin. I have the gram on the brain Allison Scott __ From: Scott, Allison D Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:35 PM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Subject: Reticulin Stain Hello to all in histoland.

Re: [Histonet] Reticulin Stain

2010-03-23 Thread Malika Benatti
Hi Alison, Do you have a problem with all type of tissue ( Liver, Lung, Lymph Nodes, Trephine ... ) or just Trephine specimens. ? If you only have problems with Retic on BMT, if you use Formic Formaldehyde Decal fluid, see if EDTA make a difference. If you experience issue with all type of

[Histonet] PA baby sitter

2010-03-23 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
I had to laugh when I read this one. I'm a PA grossing 8500 surgicals per year in a busy general hospital so it's not just biopsies but lots of major organ resections with tons of orthopedics. I work with two histotechnologists. Not only do I close my own cassettes, I accession most specimens,

RE: [Histonet] PA baby sitter

2010-03-23 Thread Mike Pence
I hit it straight on Jeff! Mike -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Silverman Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:19 PM To: rick.garnh...@memorialhealthsystem.com Cc:

[Histonet] number of slides

2010-03-23 Thread anita dudley
just wondering what others were doing with colon bxs. embs, eccs. do you use one slide or cut 2 to 3 slides per block? lungs and livers too. thanks, we are thinking of going to one slide. anita dudley providence hosp. mobile alabama

[Histonet] US HT

2010-03-23 Thread Janelle Powers
Hello Malika, I am not sure about sponsorship and immigration but what I can tell you is that to apply for an HT from ASCP you can take the exam which requires you to have either an associates degree with a combined twelve credits in chemistry and biology, as well as one year experience as a

Re: [Histonet] number of slides

2010-03-23 Thread Sue
We do three levels on all diagnostic biopsies. Liver and Kidney also get upfront special stains, as do gastric biopsies (h pylori) We did cut down on extra unstained slides since we were discarding most of them. As far as stopping levels, my pathologist thinks it goes against standard of care.

Re: [Histonet] US HT

2010-03-23 Thread Malika Benatti
Janelle The HPC registration rules have changed but most of the info you need are available on the IMBS website http://www.ibms.org/ and the HPC website http://www.hpc-uk.org/ If you have a recognised Degree it should only be a matter of getting your Part One the of the HPC Registration to be

Re: [Histonet] number of slides

2010-03-23 Thread Malika Benatti
Routinely Gastric bx upper / rt colon / lt colon one rubbon of 4 sections per slides Liver HE @ level 1/2/3 and liver specials, AE1 IHC Renal Biopsy (Native and Transplant) 24 slides inc HE/Renal Special/ IHC and USS TransBronchial BX HE @ level 1/2/3 and lung special BMT HE, retic and IHC for

Re: [Histonet] Reticulin Stain

2010-03-23 Thread Jennifer MacDonald
We've had problems in the past when the reducing agent is not made fresh. Scott, Allison D allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu Sent by: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 03/23/2010 01:39 PM To histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu cc Subject [Histonet] Reticulin Stain Hello to all in