RE: [Histonet] Lab Chairs
bean bags From: amber.mcken...@gastrodocs.net To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:27:52 + Subject: [Histonet] Lab Chairs We are looking at buying new chairs for our lab...any suggestions? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 118, Issue 35
depending on who made the coffeeor who made the gloves ? From: tnma...@mdanderson.org To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:36:12 + Subject: [Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 118, Issue 35 Hey, I'm boiling some molds now on a hot plate, in hot soapy water, in a metal paraffin pot. Oh and the left over coffee from yesterday might melt the nitrile. Depending on who made it. Sincerely, Toysha N. Mayer, MBA, HT(ASCP) tnma...@mdanderson.org Instructor/Education Coordinator Program in Histotechnology School of Health Professions MD Anderson Cancer Center 713-563.3481 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:09:25 -0700 From: jeff lowen lowenj...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner To: Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com Cc: Histonet Post \(histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu\) histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu, Hannen, Valerie valerie.han...@parrishmed.com Message-ID: blu173-w48709e664f7e16596ab27bbf...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 will hot coffee melt the nitrile? Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:58:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner From: pat...@gmail.com To: lowenj...@hotmail.com CC: billodonn...@catholichealth.net; valerie.han...@parrishmed.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message: 10 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:41:15 -0400 From: Jim Burchette jburc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: bunsen burner at the embedding center To: Davis, Cassie cda...@che-east.org Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message-ID: candy+mdqjruk2heqhtu97cjvuedhnbnzffzqw54wzfkgt7c...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Back in the 70's we would boil metal base molds in water using a bunsen burner and a 3 legged ring stand. On Sep 20, 2013 9:37 AM, Davis, Cassie cda...@che-east.org wrote: Hi Valerie, When I started in Histo in 90' everybody used the alcohol burners...Open flame concern became a concerned and the separate forcep warmers were purchase because the old embedding centers did not have the nice warmers like the new ones do. The last place I worked at had an old embedding center when I started but we weren't allowed open flames. Fortunately, we found an unused Bacteria Incinerator that Micro. wasn't using and used that until that embedding center died. That worked great! Cassandra Davis cda...@che-east.org 302-575-8095 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Re: bunsen burner at the embedding center
yet here we are..how much of what they tell us is hyperbole? Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:50:24 + From: mucra...@comcast.net To: rsrichm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: bunsen burner at the embedding center CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu I actually knew the person you are speaking of and it was his favorite trick. We should be careful these younger people are using gloves for everything now to protect themselves. W hen I started in Histology even the pathologists cleaned the paraffin off their hands with xylene and encouraged everyone to do the same . We used so many things that are now not even allowed to be open on this planet and did know how dangerous or serious the possible issues could be over time. Pam Marcum - Original Message - From: Bob Richmond rsrichm...@gmail.com To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:35:55 AM Subject: [Histonet] Re: bunsen burner at the embedding center I distinctly remember when I was a resident at Johns Hopkins in the late 1960s that the histotechs would smoke while staining and coverslipping without much ventilation. When I suggested to the chief technologist (who later died of smoking related disease at 65, but at least he hadn't set himself afire) that this wasn't such a good idea, he responded by stubbing out a lighted cigarette in a Stender dish full of xylene (apparently you can do this trick with gasoline also, but don't try it at home please). Buffering formalin was prohibited back then, and they removed the formalin pigment by passing the sections through a concentrated solution (20 or 30%) of picric acid in acetone. I'm glad he didn't try the cigarette trick in THAT Stender dish. Fast-forward nearly half a century, and in the three labs I'm working in I'm still grossing formalin-fixed tissue with minimal ventilation, but at least people aren't allowed to smoke in the lab any more. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner
yeah and these darn gloves get in the way of drinking my coffee and enjoying my sticky bun. From: billodonn...@catholichealth.net To: valerie.han...@parrishmed.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:56:24 + CC: Subject: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner No open flames - which makes it hard to light our cigars. (Just kidding but I remember when...) -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Hannen, Valerie Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:04 AM To: Histonet Post (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu) Subject: [Histonet] Bunsen Burner Hi all.. We are having a discussion/ disagreement in our department as far as whether using a bunsen burner at the embedding center is against fire codes. What is the consensus?? Thanks, Valerie A. Hannen, MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU(FL) Histology Section Chief Parrish Medical Center 951 N. Washington Ave. Titusville, Florida 32976 Phone:(321) 268-6333 ext. 7506 Fax: (321) 268-6149 valerie.han...@parrishmed.com = This email is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete this message. Thank you = ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner
will hot coffee melt the nitrile? Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:58:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner From: pat...@gmail.com To: lowenj...@hotmail.com CC: billodonn...@catholichealth.net; valerie.han...@parrishmed.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu No open flames allowed. Bill, If you use nitrile gloves, the sticky buns don't stick! -- Paula Sicurello, HTL (ASCP)Supervisor, Clinical Electron Microscopy Laboratory Duke University Health SystemRm.#251M, Duke South, Green ZoneDurham, North Carolina 27710P: 919.684.2091 HIPAA Privacy Notification: This message and any accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, and contain information intended for the specific individual (s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited . If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM, jeff lowen lowenj...@hotmail.com wrote: yeah and these darn gloves get in the way of drinking my coffee and enjoying my sticky bun. From: billodonn...@catholichealth.net To: valerie.han...@parrishmed.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:56:24 + CC: Subject: [Histonet] RE: Bunsen Burner No open flames - which makes it hard to light our cigars. (Just kidding but I remember when...) -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Hannen, Valerie Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:04 AM To: Histonet Post (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu) Subject: [Histonet] Bunsen Burner Hi all.. We are having a discussion/ disagreement in our department as far as whether using a bunsen burner at the embedding center is against fire codes. What is the consensus?? Thanks, Valerie A. Hannen, MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU(FL) Histology Section Chief Parrish Medical Center 951 N. Washington Ave. Titusville, Florida 32976 Phone:(321) 268-6333 ext. 7506 Fax: (321) 268-6149 valerie.han...@parrishmed.com = This email is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete this message. Thank you = ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Bunsen Burner
and I in San Diego, s don't tell anybody Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:58:07 -0700 From: chuckcabra...@yahoo.com To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: re: [Histonet] Bunsen Burner Oh wow we use alcohol lamps in our embedding stations. So we are breaking fire codes? We are in the SF Bay area. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens
Use + charged slide and microwave prior to routine drying/melting in your slide drying oven.Also, Nair can help soften nails for cutting. Face in, coat cut surface with it and let stand for ?(1/2 hr.), wipe off Nair, chill block and cut as routine. From: casp...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:58:33 -0700 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Nail specimens Does anyone have a procedure for cutting nails and getting them to stay on the slide? Help please! Thanks, Cindy Sent from my iPhone ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens
with all the answers, r u sorry u asked the question?.lol From: lowenj...@hotmail.com To: casp...@yahoo.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:27:04 -0700 Use + charged slide and microwave prior to routine drying/melting in your slide drying oven.Also, Nair can help soften nails for cutting. Face in, coat cut surface with it and let stand for ?(1/2 hr.), wipe off Nair, chill block and cut as routine. From: casp...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:58:33 -0700 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Nail specimens Does anyone have a procedure for cutting nails and getting them to stay on the slide? Help please! Thanks, Cindy Sent from my iPhone ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens
and one more thing, go with the answer from the guy who works in Dermpath at UCSF, if he doesn't know, well ? From: lowenj...@hotmail.com To: casp...@yahoo.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:33:03 -0700 Subject: RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens CC: with all the answers, r u sorry u asked the question?.lol From: lowenj...@hotmail.com To: casp...@yahoo.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Nail specimens Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:27:04 -0700 Use + charged slide and microwave prior to routine drying/melting in your slide drying oven.Also, Nair can help soften nails for cutting. Face in, coat cut surface with it and let stand for ?(1/2 hr.), wipe off Nair, chill block and cut as routine. From: casp...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:58:33 -0700 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Nail specimens Does anyone have a procedure for cutting nails and getting them to stay on the slide? Help please! Thanks, Cindy Sent from my iPhone ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Re: Unregistered HT
This also brings up the made in China situation where it can be crap or perfectly good, depending on raw materials but more important, how closely and by who are the production lines being monitored for QA and QC.They can make stuff as good as anybody, maybe? Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:22:06 -0400 From: rsrichm...@gmail.com To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Unregistered HT Since somebody mentioned the Samurai Pathologist (who is now 74 years old and in his 50th year in pathology) - I agree with most of what's been said here and I won't repeat it. From the pathologist's viewpoint - remember that most pathologists are now on salary (or soon will be) and don't have a dog in the fight about doing the job as cheaply as possible. I think that a very large part of the problem is that most pathologists haven't a clue as to what goes on in the histology lab (that's why we cram cassettes full of fatty breast tissue), and that pathologists need to acquire this knowledge in residency, to the degree that they can teach and trouble-shoot or work with senior technologists who can. It's particularly important that pathologists learn to embed. Edwards Deming was an economist who grew up in operations research during World War 2. After the War he tried to get the automotive industry to adopt his methods. The executives laughed at him (and still do in the business schools, I think), so he took his ideas to Japan, where they built the Japanese automative industry. Deming's major idea (if I understand him correctly) was that workers need constant specific feedback about what they're doing. I think that the establishment of effective feedback from pathologist to histotechnologist is the first step in solving the problem we've been talking about. And I think that means a pathologist sitting down with a histotechnologist and reviewing some of the day's slides every blessed day. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Unsubscribe Comment
How true, though these days we can delete, which is pretty much what the Eagles did to more than a few hotel rooms, or so they say? To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu From: jmasla...@stpetes.org Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:22:33 -0600 Subject: [Histonet] Unsubscribe Comment Just like the Eagles' Hotel California you can check out (unsubscribe) but you can NEVER leave. An early Happy Friday the Thirteenth. Joe Maslanka BS, CT,HT (ASCP) Anatomical Pathology Technical Supervisor St Peter's Hospital,MT 59601 (P)(406) 447-2406 (F)(406)444-2126 Give thanks for ALL things. Kindness is the language the blind can see the deaf can hear- Mark Twain ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT
We may not be considered laboratory professionals, but we might just have more fun than they do ? From: j...@cdc.gov To: talulahg...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:43:48 + Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Do it! For all of us! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Emily Sours Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:24 PM Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Unregistered HT Seriously, I can go home?! I'm going to tell my boss that Sarah Dysart said I could go home. When she asks who that is, I'll just look at her and repeat your name. Slowly. And walk away. Emily By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward. -Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Sarah Dysart sdys...@mirnarx.com wrote: I hope everyone has a great rest of your day, and some people I think need to go home and have a drink =) Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP), QIHC (ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
If they just let us HT's make up the rules, things would be a lot better, for us anyway? From: j...@cdc.gov To: lowenj...@hotmail.com; timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org; jaylundg...@gmail.com CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:38:13 + Or cabana boys and mojitos! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of jeff lowen Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:11 AM To: Morken, Timothy; Jay Lundgren Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Me too? umbrella girls and champagne for all From: timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org To: jaylundg...@gmail.com; lowenj...@hotmail.com CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:08:03 + It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in mind. Bummer, That's exactly what I had in mind!! Tim -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jay Lundgren Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:07 PM To: jeff lowen Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs I honestly wouldn't recommend it unless you are financially able to undergo 6 month plus periods of unemployment. In 2008 I didn't work all year, only maybe the last 3 weeks. The wages have never come back to the pre- 2008 levels. The largest staffing agency in the country declared bankruptcy because of the downturn. In today's economy, there is always going to be an unemployed person who is willing to work for a couple of dollars less, and this affects the agencies as well. Most of the HR depts I've dealt with lately, ONLY care about cost. As long as the applicant is JCAHO compliant and registered, they'll take the one who is 50 cents cheaper. So, right now, the agencies are able to get people for ridiculously low wages. I won't be as crass as to post any, but they are basically asking you to subsidize your own working vacation. Usually in a semi-rural, isolated, or climatically blasted location (there's a reason they can't get a full time tech), living in the cheapest motel in town for 3 months. When you ask the agency why they put you in that particular motel, they reply, Because it's the cheapest place in town. (DUH) Some agencies are better than others, but they are all SUPER cheap. The better ones are just honest about it. I see full time jobs advertised regionally (Texas) that are offering registered techs jobs, right out of school, $4-5 more than what the agencies will offer you just starting out as a traveler, regardless of previous experience. Also, travel = NO BENEFITS. Some of the agencies pretend to have benefits, but as I said before, it's near impossible to work with enough continuity to remain covered. Also, big warning: A lot of the agencies aren't really agencies at all, but someone with an 800 number and a website and some hold music. It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in mind. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM, jeff lowen lowenj...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks, this is very timely as I'm looking into temp/travel HT. Any suggestions where to look, which agencies? Thanks, Jeff Lowen HT/MLT(ASCP) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:52:34 -0500 From: jaylundg...@gmail.com To: lpw...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com I've been traveling for the past 16 years! Not everyone who wanders is lost. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lee Peggy Wenk lpw...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Sunday, Sept. 22, from 8 am - 9:30 am at the NSH Symposium in Providence, RI, Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC is presenting a workshop on Work and Play Across the USA - A Guide to Being a Traveling Tech. http://www.histoconvention.**org/ http://www.histoconvention.org/ Click on Schedule Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS -Original Message- From: Christopher Jacobs Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:30 PM To: 'histonet@lists.**utsouthwestern.edu histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu ' Subject: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
Me too? umbrella girls and champagne for all From: timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org To: jaylundg...@gmail.com; lowenj...@hotmail.com CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:08:03 + It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in mind. Bummer, That's exactly what I had in mind!! Tim -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jay Lundgren Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:07 PM To: jeff lowen Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs I honestly wouldn't recommend it unless you are financially able to undergo 6 month plus periods of unemployment. In 2008 I didn't work all year, only maybe the last 3 weeks. The wages have never come back to the pre- 2008 levels. The largest staffing agency in the country declared bankruptcy because of the downturn. In today's economy, there is always going to be an unemployed person who is willing to work for a couple of dollars less, and this affects the agencies as well. Most of the HR depts I've dealt with lately, ONLY care about cost. As long as the applicant is JCAHO compliant and registered, they'll take the one who is 50 cents cheaper. So, right now, the agencies are able to get people for ridiculously low wages. I won't be as crass as to post any, but they are basically asking you to subsidize your own working vacation. Usually in a semi-rural, isolated, or climatically blasted location (there's a reason they can't get a full time tech), living in the cheapest motel in town for 3 months. When you ask the agency why they put you in that particular motel, they reply, Because it's the cheapest place in town. (DUH) Some agencies are better than others, but they are all SUPER cheap. The better ones are just honest about it. I see full time jobs advertised regionally (Texas) that are offering registered techs jobs, right out of school, $4-5 more than what the agencies will offer you just starting out as a traveler, regardless of previous experience. Also, travel = NO BENEFITS. Some of the agencies pretend to have benefits, but as I said before, it's near impossible to work with enough continuity to remain covered. Also, big warning: A lot of the agencies aren't really agencies at all, but someone with an 800 number and a website and some hold music. It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in mind. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM, jeff lowen lowenj...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks, this is very timely as I'm looking into temp/travel HT. Any suggestions where to look, which agencies? Thanks, Jeff Lowen HT/MLT(ASCP) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:52:34 -0500 From: jaylundg...@gmail.com To: lpw...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com I've been traveling for the past 16 years! Not everyone who wanders is lost. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lee Peggy Wenk lpw...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Sunday, Sept. 22, from 8 am - 9:30 am at the NSH Symposium in Providence, RI, Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC is presenting a workshop on Work and Play Across the USA - A Guide to Being a Traveling Tech. http://www.histoconvention.**org/ http://www.histoconvention.org/ Click on Schedule Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS -Original Message- From: Christopher Jacobs Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:30 PM To: 'histonet@lists.**utsouthwestern.edu histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu ' Subject: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Histonetters, Does anyone out there have any information on traveling histology technician jobs? What is the compensation? How does insurance work? What qualifications are needed? I am particularly interested in any personal experiences any one has had. Thanks! CJ Christopher P. Jacobs, HT QIHC(ASCP) Clin-Path Diagnostics, LLC CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This message is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately, delete the contents of this message and do not use it for any purpose. __**_ Histonet
RE: [Histonet] GI biopsy slides
That would make it easier to embed though don't u end up with multiple blocks and the additional slides that way at times? From: kkien...@orclinic.com To: lcolb...@pathmdlabs.com; micropathl...@yahoo.com; epchatfi...@ihis.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:30:40 -0700 Subject: RE: [Histonet] GI biopsy slides CC: My GI Pathologists require no more than 5 pieces of tissue per block; three levels on one slide; one section per level. Kari Kienitz HT, (ASCP) Histology Laboratory Portland Gastroenterology The Oregon Clinic NE 99th Ave Portland, OR 97220 503.935.8311 kkien...@orclinic.com CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This e-mail and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this missive. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. Thank you From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Colbert [lcolb...@pathmdlabs.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:18 AM To: Sheila Haas; Elizabeth Chatfield; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] GI biopsy slides We cut exactly as Sheila does. Laurie Colbert, HT (ASCP) -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila Haas Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:59 AM To: Elizabeth Chatfield; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] GI biopsy slides We cut 3 levels on one slide. Each level typically has two sections across the slide. If there are multiple pieces of tissue that need to be embedded in a little larger mold, we put 3 levels on 1 slide by breaking away the excess paraffin around the sections while they're on the waterbath. Then we can then fit 3 levels on 1 slide but each level will only have 1 section. Hope this makes sense. Sheila Haas Laboratory Manager MicroPath Laboratories, Inc. From: Elizabeth Chatfield epchatfi...@ihis.org To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:31 AM Subject: [Histonet] GI biopsy slides Hi folks, We are re-thinking how we cut our GI biopsy slides. Currently we are cutting 3 levels with 3 sections on each slide. Is anyone out there putting all 3 levels on the same slide? We are receiving cases with a large number of samples and some our pathologists would like to see fewer slides. Thanks, Elizabeth Charlottetown, PE - Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
Thanks, this is very timely as I'm looking into temp/travel HT.Any suggestions where to look, which agencies? Thanks, Jeff Lowen HT/MLT(ASCP) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:52:34 -0500 From: jaylundg...@gmail.com To: lpw...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjac...@clinpath.com I've been traveling for the past 16 years! Not everyone who wanders is lost. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP) On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lee Peggy Wenk lpw...@sbcglobal.netwrote: On Sunday, Sept. 22, from 8 am - 9:30 am at the NSH Symposium in Providence, RI, Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC is presenting a workshop on Work and Play Across the USA - A Guide to Being a Traveling Tech. http://www.histoconvention.**org/ http://www.histoconvention.org/ Click on Schedule Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS -Original Message- From: Christopher Jacobs Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:30 PM To: 'histonet@lists.**utsouthwestern.eduhistonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu ' Subject: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs Histonetters, Does anyone out there have any information on traveling histology technician jobs? What is the compensation? How does insurance work? What qualifications are needed? I am particularly interested in any personal experiences any one has had. Thanks! CJ Christopher P. Jacobs, HT QIHC(ASCP) Clin-Path Diagnostics, LLC CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This message is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately, delete the contents of this message and do not use it for any purpose. __**_ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.**edu Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.**edu/mailman/listinfo/histonethttp://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet __**_ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.**edu Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.**edu/mailman/listinfo/histonethttp://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] This is not Facebook
That's right, we gotta get back to our microtomes.lol From: akbitt...@geisinger.edu To: hymclab.hymc...@ministryhealth.org; n...@stowers.org; i...@smithsys.net; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 16:04:56 + Subject: RE: [Histonet] This is not Facebook CC: Yeah, wow, I just read through this thread I guess haters are gonna hate. Nobody's got time for that. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of hymclab Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:55 PM To: 'Marsh, Nannette'; ihcs-wojcieszyn; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] This is not Facebook I responded to jw privately but want to show my support for Hazel or anyone else that is facing a CAP inspection. I think Hazel and everyone that posts that CAP is in their institution is looking for moral support and I sent Hazel a message right away saying Good luck. I hope Hazel or anyone else posts how their inspection goes and lets the rest of us know any issues we should be on the look out for!~ We all know how trying it can be to be inspected Just hit delete if you don't want to be friedly and show your support!!! Dawn D. Schneider, HT(ASCP) Lead HT Howard Young Medical Center 240 Maple Ave. Woodruff, WI 54558 715-356-8174 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Marsh, Nannette Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 8:48 AM To: ihcs-wojcieszyn; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] This is not Facebook Wow, life is too short. We don't have to take things so seriously all of the time. I do hope your day gets better :-) Nanne Marsh HT ASCP -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of ihcs-wojcieszyn Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 8:36 PM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] This is not Facebook E-mails that tell all of what is happening, i.e. CAP is in house is a waste of time. Are we going to communicate when you wash your hands or have a cup of coffee. If Histonet is to be a source of information, ASK a question jw ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender at the electronic mail address noted above and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. Geisinger Health System utilizes an encryption process to safeguard Protected Health Information and other confidential data contained in external e-mail messages. If email is encrypted, the recipient will receive an e-mail instructing them to sign on to the Geisinger Health System Secure E-mail Message Center to retrieve the encrypted e-mail. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] RE: dish drying wall mount
I think everyone offers it. In a small lab, the type with pegs to hold each piece works well From: pat.b...@ucdenver.edu To: amber.mcken...@gastrodocs.net; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 10:25:15 -0600 CC: Subject: [Histonet] RE: dish drying wall mount VWR has one. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amber McKenzie Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 9:41 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] dish drying wall mount Does anyone know where I can find a wall mount that you put your clean dishes on to dry? We currently just lay a paper towel on the cabinet to let our dishes dry on, but I'd like to find a the wall mount that has areas where you can hang the items up to dry. Thanks! ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
