[Histonet] Hiring per diem in SF

Good Morning, I have an opening for a per diem position. Right now it is for at least 8 hours per week but can develop into more hours. Apply Dignity Health St. Mary's Medical Center St. Mary's Medical Center San Francisco. If you have any questions email me. Thanks, Karen Heckford HT

[Histonet] Cytology

Good Morning, I rarely do Special stains or IHC's on Cytology cytospins or thin prep type slides.Should these slides be charged, air dried or fixed in 95% alcohol before doing Special stains or IHC's on them? Is there a good book or some sort of publication on cytology procedures regarding

[Histonet] Printmate/Slidemate

Good Morning, I was wondering if anyone has a procedure written up on how to train someone for the Thermo Printmate AS and Slidemate AS that I could get? This would be for my Policy and Procedure manual. Thanks, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center

[Histonet] RVU for Histology

Good Morning, I think we are getting the short end of the stick when it is coming to productivity. Can anyone give me insight on how they are calculating their RVU's for productivity in the Histology Lab? I am busy as all get out and administration is saying our productivity is low.

[Histonet] San Francisco Per diem Postion

Good Morning, I am still looking for a Histology Tech. for a per diem position here at St. Mary's Medical Center. You will at times be working by yourself so strong trouble shooting skills are a plus. I do Routine Histology, IHC's and manual special stains. This position will cover me for

[Histonet] Pathnet

Good Morning, Does anyone know how to extract the cost per slides out of the Pathnet program? I am looking for my H, IHC's and special stains. I just need the technical charge. Thanks in advance, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St.

[Histonet] HT per diem position in San Francisco

Good Morning, We are actively looking for a per diem Histology Technician to cover for vacations and administration days. Will more than likely need a person 8 hours a week for now. Must be able to work independently without supervision. We hand do special stains. IHC experience is

[Histonet] Hiring per diem in San Francisco

Hi, We are looking for a per diem Histology Technician or HTL with IHC experience. You will be covering the only Histology Tech for Vacations, admin days and sick time. You must be able to work by yourself. Strong troubleshooting skills a plus. We hand stain special stains. The hours are

[Histonet] HT per diem and Pathologist

I am looking for a per diem Histology Tech to cover me for Vacations and Administration Days. Must know IHC's and manually do special stains. You will be working independently since I am the only one here that does this job. The hours are 4:30am to 12:30pm Monday-Friday. I can work

[Histonet] Surgical Hardware

Good Morning, We have an abundance of surgical hardware we need to get rid of from our Pathology Department. How do you get rid of your surgical hardware? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext.

[Histonet] Frozen section room

Good Morning, I have a question about how much reagents you can keep in a frozen section room. Our frozen section is a little room off of Surgery. When it was designed now one thought to ask us what it was going to need so there is little ventilation down there besides the typical room output

[Histonet] ER/PR question

Good Morning, One of my Pathologists wants me to do some ER/PR's on 9 year old tissue blocks. I know ER and PR can be sensitive are the IHC's going to work or will there be too much antigen decay? Thanks, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450

[Histonet] TMA slides

Good Morning, Does anyone know where I can purchase some CMV TMA slides? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org Caution: This email message, including all

[Histonet] Assistant

Good Afternoon, We are looking for a per diem person for our Pathology and cytology department. This person will be picking up specimens, doing accessioning, making cassettes, maintaining the grossing room, tissue dumping, assist with FNA's, prep cell buttons and do cytospins and staining.

[Histonet] Slide printer and cassette label

Good Morning, I am looking for suggestions for a slide printer and cassette labeler for a smaller lab. Any suggestions. I need it with the two patient identifier. Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117

[Histonet] Quick release clamp

Good Morning, Does anyone know where to get the Quick release clamp repair kits for the microtome? The one that has the springs in it. I remember a long time ago getting them but I cannot remember from where. Do they still sell them? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St.

[Histonet] Non gyn cytospins

Good Morning, Is there a difference between the time screening Non-gyn cytospins vs. Gyn? If so where can I find the publication to back this up? Just wondering. We got inspected and this came up because our Pathologists screen and read out the Non gyn cytospins. We do not do Gyn's here.

[Histonet] Pathnet users

Good Morning, We have Cerner Pathnet here and I need to pull three month's worth of IHC codes. 88341, 88342 and 88344 for billing purposes. We need to know how many IHC's we charged for the last three months and what they were. Does anyone know how to go about pulling this information out

[Histonet] Prisma stainer

Good Morning, I am not familiar with Sakura Prisma Autostainer. I heard the stainer can come with a tape coverslipper. Is the stainer, link and coverslipper all one unit or is it individual. I maybe getting a stainer that has the link does that mean that is the coverslipper or just the

[Histonet] Tissue Tek prisma stainer

Good Morning and Happy Holidays, I was just wondering people that have the Prisma, does the monitor on the top right corner swivel and can be positioned in different positions? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca.

[Histonet] PathNet HELP UPDATED

Good Morning, I need to contact some of you. If you have Histology in-house, use the PathNet program and do CAP. I have some questions on how you handle Inventory Management and a couple of other things. If it is okay to give you a ring please let me know. Thank you so much, Karen

[Histonet] PathNet HELP

Good Morning, I need to contact some of you. If you have Histology in-house and use the PathNet program. I have some questions on how you handle Inventory Management and a couple of other things. If it is okay to give you a ring please let me know. Thank you so much, Karen Heckford HT

[Histonet] Melanin Bleach

Good Morning, I need some help. Yesterday I bleached some heavily pigmented tissue. I have to run some IHC's on them. I bought the bleaching kit from American Master Tech. I had to put the Permanganate for about 6 hours to get the melanin and then a couple of minutes in Oxalic Acid. I had

[Histonet] Clinical Lab vs. Antomical Pathology

Good Morning, I am curious to know how many Pathology Departments get lumped into Clinical Lab? Do you wear the same working attire? Our Pathology Department is really small. We are required to go over the red lines in surgery to get to our Frozen Section Room numerous times a day. They

[Histonet] Temperature logging

Good Morning, I have been asked to monitor the room temperatures in the Histology lab, and anywhere we store paraffin blocks, slides and reagents. Some of you I know already do this. 1st Question: What is your temperature range? 2nd Question: Are you physically monitoring it daily and

[Histonet] Temperature for slides

Okay I just got a weird request for monitoring the room temperature where I have my slides for that I use for Histology. We are talking blank slides. I have never heard of this before. Who else does this??? Apparently JCAHO wants this. Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician

[Histonet] Breast fixation

Good Morning, I have a question about breast fixation. I am in a little bit of a pickle with the 6-72 hour rule for the fixation on breast tissue. Friday I am getting 2 breast cases in the afternoon and both will not have the required minimum 6 hour formalin fixation for my per diem to cut

[Histonet] Formalin waste

I was just wondering the Labs in the San Francisco Bay Area. How are you getting rid of your formalin waste? Are you Neutralizing your formalin like with Neutralex or having it picked up and taken off site? Thanks, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center

[Histonet] Cap ER/PR

Good Morning, Apparently while I was out on disability a CAP ER/PR PM2-A 2014 did not get done. Somehow one of our pathologists got it and forgot she had it. That being said, does anyone have a equivalent test they do instead. We only do this CAP testing to show competency. Thanks, Karen

[Histonet] Pathnet program

Hi, Any of you using the Pathnet program. We just went live and now they are telling me that our labels will not work with the program. We are currently use 7/8x7/8 square labels 4 across Stainershield labels. I don't understand why they will not work? We did use the Powerpath 9.2 program

[Histonet] Pathnet

Does anyone in the local San Francisco Bay Area use the Cerner Pathnet program. I need some help!!! Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org

RE: [Histonet] Blade Rationing

Wow!!! It is pretty obvious this person has never worked as a HT. There are somethings you can cut corners but somethings you cannot. Do they want unreadable slides.I would without hesitation say to this manager the reason why this is not a good idea and would he want substandard slides

[Histonet] RE: Pregnancy

I was working in a Histology Lab when I first got pregnant. I told my doctor about everything I was exposed to in the lab. He actually opted on putting me on medical leave (workman's comp). I did this with both of my pregnancies. Not in less you can find her a job that she is not exposed.

[Histonet] Ergonomics

Hi Everyone, Has anyone ever used the adjustable microtome handle from Newcomer Supply it is called, Histo comfort grip handle? If you have, what did you think? How many of you are using a foot pedal if your microtome comes with it. I am getting repetitive motion stress in mainly my

[Histonet] Productivity

Good Morning, I know we have been over this before, how does your lab measure productivity? Are you going by block and slide or by CPT code? I have been told by the Suits that we can only measure productivity by per specimen or CPT code with no weight and value. As you know when you get a

[Histonet] Tissue Processor

I am going to need to purchase a new tissue processor mine keeps breaking down. What tissue processor would you buy and why? I would greatly appreciate the help. Cheers, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117

[Histonet] P63

I guess since Biocare cannot sell their P63 antibody who is carrying it then? Dako, Ventana etc? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org

RE: [Histonet] RE: Not requiring HT Certification)

I learned 22 years ago with OJT and then went and got certified a year later. I also love to teach. What I am finding now days is the new techs only know how to embed and cut but push buttons for everything else. To me they missed a very important step in their training. Very hard to find

[Histonet] DeCloaking Chamber

Hi, Does anyone know of a delayed start Decloaking chamber that is independent from the IHC stainer? I am looking around to get a new Decloaking chamber. Any suggetions? Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117

RE: [Histonet] Productivity ReportsMarcia Funk

I have been battling this for years they gives us RVU's for each task. What a headache. The problem I run into is they only see per specimen. If I have a specimen that has 30 cassettes it does not matter it is treated the same as one cassette per specimen. Not to mention the doctors will

[Histonet] Pinning Specimen

Does anyone know where to get specimen boards that you can pin specimens to and then submerse in formalin? I ordered them a long time ago and cannot remember where I got them. Thanks, Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco,

RE: [Histonet] Music in the Laboratory

I could not work with out music. Nothing like cutting to the rhythm of good music. I have it on all the time or I would go nuts and probably fall asleep. I set my radio to one radio station. I am the Chief Cook and bottle washer so no one to bother with the music. If someone wants to

[Histonet] Urgent!! Need per diem

I am looking for a Certified ASCP HistoTech. that is local to the San Francisco Bay Area. I need this person to cover me while I am out having knee surgery. I will be out 2-6 weeks probably more like 4 weeks starting October 5th. But need somebody by October 3rd to do some training. You

[Histonet] Traveling HistoTech San Francisco Area

Hello, I am going to need a ASCP certified Histotech to work for me for about 1.5-2 weeks in the next 2-4 weeks. If you now of a temp. service or someone interested. Call me and leave a message and will get back to you. Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's

[Histonet] problems posting

I am having problems posting to Histonet. Not sure what is going on. Hopefully this goes through if not please add me to your list. I have been on the the Histonet for 7 years now. Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San

[Histonet] Per diem Position in the San Francisco Bay Area

We are looking for a Certified Histology Technician for per diem work. You will also do some Pathology Assisting (nothing to extensive on the PA). Need someone that can cover vacation, sick days, etc. Perfect for someone that is retired and is looking for some extra money. Need to be able to

RE: [Histonet] Are Histotechs considered exempt employees?

Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 From: joelle weaver [mailto:joellewea...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:24 AM To: Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Are Histotechs considered exempt

RE: [Histonet] Are Histotechs considered exempt employees?

$16.15 per hour. They are getting a great deal. I believe you should be making at least double that. What I believe is happening is that a lot of offices are now starting to open their own labs and they are trying to get us cheap. We all need to stick to our guns and not let them get us cheaper

RE: [Histonet] Are Histotechs considered exempt employees?

I am so with you on this one. HT's need to start demanding and higher wages everywhere. We are a rare breed with special talents. Without a good tech you do not get good slides!! We are not a dime a dozen. AUGH! I know just a hour north of where I am the wages can be $10-$15.00 less.

RE: [Histonet] Does anyone have and use Shandon Excelsior EX

I have had one for a few years now and love it. You can also monitor it from another location if you have analog internet. It is really easy to change out the reagents and is way less messy than most other processors. You need to make sure your reagents stay topped off. The only real problems

RE: [Histonet] Thermo's Excelsior Tissue Processor Program's

Pretty much any problems I have had with the Excelsior and I have been using one for 4 years now is with Pathologists loading it incorrectly. I use reagent alcohol in it all the time, with no problems. I prefer using xylene in my processor. Every single time I have switched and started

[Histonet] Having problems posting on Histonet

I was wondering if anyone else is having problems posting on the histonet. Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE Lead Histology Technician Histology/Pathology Department St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 Fax: 415-750-8123 email: kheck...@chw.edu

[Histonet] Per Diem HT in San Francisco

We are currently looking for a per diem certified Histology Tech that can also do some Pathology assisting for vacation relief and sick time. Possibly turn into a part time position. Please contact St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco website. Thanks, Karen Heckford HT (ASCP) CE Lead