[Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 111, Issue 13

Fri Feb 8 12:59:40 CST 2013

Hi Janine, we use cassette printers but we still write the number of pieces on one side of the cassette and any special  instructions on the other side, such as embed on edge or embed on red ink, etc.

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   1. RE: Temperatures (Sullivan, Beatrice)
   2. RE: Temperatures (Tom McNemar)
   3. RE: Temperatures (Kuhnla, Melissa)
   4. RE: Cassette labeling (Podawiltz, Thomas)
   5. Re: RE: Temperatures (Paula Sicurello)
   6. PIN4 staining (Cathy Crumpton)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:32:22 +0000
From: "Sullivan, Beatrice" <BSullivan <@t> virtua.org>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Temperatures
To: Rene J Buesa <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>,
	"histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
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Because I have been told that according to JCAHO (who will be inspecting us) that if a temperature is required to ascertain consistency, quality and integrity, you will have to record temperature 7 days per week.

From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:17 AM
To: Sullivan, Beatrice; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Temperatures

And my question is: why are you bothered by not knowing the temp. in a processor that only starts to process on Sundays?
If the processor is emptied on Mondays to embedâ†’cut, take the temp. then.
Other that this you would have to place a sensor and a recording device or you would have to make somebody to go to the lab. For just write down the melted paraffin temp.? Too much expense and trouble for an non-existent problem.
RenÃ© J.

From: "Sullivan, Beatrice" <BSullivan <@t> virtua.org<mailto:BSullivan <@t> virtua.org>>
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>>
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Subject: [Histonet] Temperatures

I'm looking for a fix to our problem of no temperatures being taken on the weekends. We are closed and this is creating an issue. Our processors are not running until Sunday night but the paraffin in both the processors and embedding center are kept molten. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Beatrice L. Sullivan HT(ASCP)HTL
Corporate Histology Manager
Virtua, Voorhees
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:22:59 -0500
From: Tom McNemar <TMcNemar <@t> lmhealth.org>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Temperatures
To: "'Sullivan, Beatrice'" <BSullivan <@t> virtua.org>, Rene J Buesa
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We are JCAHO and this has never come up but that doesn't mean that it won't.

I donâ€™t know about your specific processor but ours (VIP5), will fail to start and alarm if the paraffin temp is out of range.  Our processor is tied in to the main lab temperature monitoring system so we get a call anytime there is an alarm.

Such a system is probably not feasible for a processor alone but does your main lab have anything in place?

Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP)
Histology Co-ordinator
Licking Memorial Health Systems
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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:32 AM
To: Rene J Buesa; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Temperatures

Because I have been told that according to JCAHO (who will be inspecting us) that if a temperature is required to ascertain consistency, quality and integrity, you will have to record temperature 7 days per week.

From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:17 AM
To: Sullivan, Beatrice; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Temperatures

And my question is: why are you bothered by not knowing the temp. in a processor that only starts to process on Sundays?
If the processor is emptied on Mondays to embedâ†’cut, take the temp. then.
Other that this you would have to place a sensor and a recording device or you would have to make somebody to go to the lab. For just write down the melted paraffin temp.? Too much expense and trouble for an non-existent problem.
RenÃ© J.

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To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>>
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 7:52 AM
Subject: [Histonet] Temperatures

I'm looking for a fix to our problem of no temperatures being taken on the weekends. We are closed and this is creating an issue. Our processors are not running until Sunday night but the paraffin in both the processors and embedding center are kept molten. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Beatrice L. Sullivan HT(ASCP)HTL
Corporate Histology Manager
Virtua, Voorhees
856-247-3144

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:23:04 -0500
From: "Kuhnla, Melissa" <Melissa.Kuhnla <@t> chsli.org>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Temperatures
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Beatrice,
How about...your processor monitors the temp.  If it falls out of a certain range it will most likely throw an error.  This is not a recorded temp day 6 and 7 but is in a sense a monitoring system.  Our processors are set up with an alarm system that call employees if certain errors occur.  Do you have something similar?

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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:32 AM
To: Rene J Buesa; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Temperatures

Because I have been told that according to JCAHO (who will be inspecting us) that if a temperature is required to ascertain consistency, quality and integrity, you will have to record temperature 7 days per week.

From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:17 AM
To: Sullivan, Beatrice; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Temperatures

And my question is: why are you bothered by not knowing the temp. in a processor that only starts to process on Sundays?
If the processor is emptied on Mondays to embed¡úcut, take the temp. then.
Other that this you would have to place a sensor and a recording device or you would have to make somebody to go to the lab. For just write down the melted paraffin temp.? Too much expense and trouble for an non-existent problem.
Ren¨¦ J.

From: "Sullivan, Beatrice" <BSullivan <@t> virtua.org<mailto:BSullivan <@t> virtua.org>>
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>>
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 7:52 AM
Subject: [Histonet] Temperatures

I'm looking for a fix to our problem of no temperatures being taken on the weekends. We are closed and this is creating an issue. Our processors are not running until Sunday night but the paraffin in both the processors and embedding center are kept molten. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Beatrice L. Sullivan HT(ASCP)HTL
Corporate Histology Manager
Virtua, Voorhees
856-247-3144

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:49:04 -0500
From: "Podawiltz, Thomas" <tpodawiltz <@t> lrgh.org>
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Cassette labeling
To: "Margiotta-Watz, Michele" <MMargiotta <@t> bmhmc.org>, "'SimmsColon,
	Janine'"	<Janine.SimmsColon <@t> jmmc.com>,
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That is basically what we do. 

Tom

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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 7:55 AM
To: 'SimmsColon, Janine'; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Cassette labeling

We print out an embedding log and note the # of pieces/block from the Doc's dictation. We are small scale so it works fine for us.

Michele

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To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Cassette labeling

Good morning all, 

I hope all here in the East are prepared for the storm, (considering I am in New England and it is February it is not all that surprising to me yet I am always amazed at the commotion that occurs with every impending snow, but I digress). I know many out there may have cassette labelers so this may not be an issue but for those who still label by hand I am curious as to how you label. At my previous lab besides the case number (S13-accession number), we also indicated how to embed the pieces (= for on edge), and the number of pieces in the cassette. I am just curious as to how common this practice is or if there is any other way you annotate the number of pieces expected in a cassette. Thank you in advance for any feedback you provide as I have received many helpful responses to my previous posts.

Janine Simms Colon, BHA, CPhT, HT(ASCP)

Histology/Pathology

Johnson Memorial Hospital

201 Chestnut Hill Road

Stafford Springs, CT 06076

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 12:41:36 -0500
From: Paula Sicurello <patpxs <@t> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Temperatures
To: Susan.Walzer <@t> hcahealthcare.com
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu, BSullivan <@t> virtua.org
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We have NIST traceable digital thermometers that can have the min/max
reset.  We have been told that if you reset on Friday and check on
Monday morning the min/max & it is in range-put an OK by the date.

-- 
Paula Sicurello, HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor, Clinical Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Duke University Health System
Rm.#251M, Duke South, Green Zone
Durham, North Carolina 27710
P:  919.684.2091

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:30 AM,  <Susan.Walzer <@t> hcahealthcare.com> wrote:
> We have the clinical lab check our friges and freezers on the weekends..everything else is off.
>
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> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sullivan, Beatrice
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 7:52 AM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Temperatures
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> I'm looking for a fix to our problem of no temperatures being taken on the weekends. We are closed and this is creating an issue. Our processors are not running until Sunday night but the paraffin in both the processors and embedding center are kept molten. Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Beatrice L. Sullivan HT(ASCP)HTL
> Corporate Histology Manager
> Virtua, Voorhees
> 856-247-3144
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:58:28 +0000
From: Cathy Crumpton <cathy.crumpton <@t> tuality.org>
Subject: [Histonet] PIN4 staining
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We use Bond slides and have noticed that occasionally they seem to have an extra thick coating on them that will pick up DAB and turn slides brown.  If the glass itself is turning brown this might be your issue.  Have you tried different slide lots or brands?

Cathy Crumpton HT(ASCP), Lead Histotechnician

Tuality Community Hospital

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