[Histonet] Arkansas Society of Histotechnology Spring Meeting in Hot Springs AR

[Pam Marcum]

Please join us for the meeting and if you need a registration form of further information please contact me by e-mail today!!  Pam Marcum 

  


  

WELCOME TO THE 40 TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

ARKANSAS SOCIETY FOR HISTOTECHNOLOGY 

  

February 28 th   FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS   8:00AM to 11:30AM 

  

ALL MORNING AND AFTERNOON BREAKS AT 9:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE DESOTO BALLROOM 

LUNCH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE AT 11:30AM IN THE VENDOR AREA OF THE DESOTO BALLROOM 

A SHORT BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY FROM 12:30PM TO 1:00PM 

  

Workshop 1 - Mountain Tower Room            8:00AM TO 11:30PM 

  

IHC from the Beginning – Sponsored by Lab Storage Systems          

Bonnie Whitaker, Anatomic Pathology Operations Director 

Ohio State Medical Center 

Columbus, Ohio 

  

In today’s clinical laboratories, it is a common practice to hire inexperienced staff for the IHC laboratory.   Since instrumentation is used extensively, it is less imperative for staff to have experience with IHC techniques, or to understand the principles, than it was at one time.   It is extremely critical, for those who wish to excel in the laboratory, and to be able to troubleshoot IHC techniques, to understand what actually happens to the slides and why.   In this workshop, the basic concepts of IHC will be presented in a way that will help the novice IHC tech understand exactly what has to happen, and why, in order to get a top quality IHC slide. 

  

Workshop 2 – Pageant Room                         8:00AM TO 9:30PM – 90Minutes 

Speaker To Be Announced. 

Workshop 3 – Pageant Room                         10:00AM to 11:30AM – 90 minutes 

Mobile Histology 

Dr Shree Sharma 

UAMS Department of Anatomic Pathology 

  

Mobile technology is bringing change in the way we live, see and perceive the world. In this talk we will explore how we can integrate fast evolving technology in our working place. How we can have apps which can help in monitoring and maintaining our labs and improving our skills. 

  

February 28th AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 1:00PM to 4:30PM 

  

WORKSHOP 3 - Mountain Tower Room         1:00PM TO 4:30PM 

  

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM LOOKING AT!! 

Shane Jones BS, HT (ASCP) School of Histotechnology Program Director 

Baptist Health Schools 

Little Rock AR 

  

Have you ever looked at an H & E or a special stain in the microscope and you wish you could identify the tissue you were looking at, or maybe remember from school how to identify it? Good News! This workshop will take specific histologic keys of the 4 major tissue types and 18 different organs in order to give you the ability to identify them microscopically. 

  

WORKSHOP 4 – PAGEANT ROOM                 1:00PM TO 4:30PM 

  

What’s New in HER2 Treatment, Testing, and Regulation? 

Lynn Charpentier, Marketing Product Manager 

DAKO an Agilent Company 

Carpinteria CA 

  

An overview of companion diagnostics and targeted therapies   

Information on the two newest HER2 targeted treatments 

A review of the new CAP/ASCO HER2 Guidelines released in September 2013 with a focus on what has changed for the laboratory and pathologist 

An introduction to the new FISH methodology utilizing Ethylene Carbonate and its application in HER2 testing 

  

FRIDAY NIGHT MEET AND GREET AT 6:00PM IN THE DESOTO BALLROOM WITH VENDORS.    ROARING TWENTIES THEME SO BE READY TO do the CHARLESTON AND ENJOY THE COMPANY.   CASH BAR WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE BALLROOM 

  

  

MARCH 1 - SATURDAY MORNING 8:00AM TO 11:30AM 

  

WORKSHOP 5 - MOUNTAIN TOWER ROOM                    8:00AM TO 11:30PM 

  

Hazard Communication Standard/GHS Awareness and Formaldehyde Training 

Richard Best, Technical Director and Corporate Director of OSHA Compliance 

Stericycle, Inc. 

Benton AR 

  

Part One:   90 MINUTES These are new regulations for waste handling today in Part 1 and Part 2 

This is an important class to cover the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) adopted by OSHA in 2012 and the compliance changes to the Hazard Communication Standard. Employees must have been trained regarding the new label elements and Safety Data Sheet format by December 1, 2013. 

  

Part Two: 90 MINUTES 

Formaldehyde Awareness Training 

  

The requirements of OSHA's Formaldehyde Standard 1910.1048    

Regulated Waste Streams 

Understanding how to properly segregate specialty waste streams and handle the most common regulated wastes. 

Requirements for preparing for transport are covered. 

Medical Waste and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Hazardous Waste are both covered in this presentation. 

  

WORKSHOP 6 – PAGEANT ROOM                                     8:00AM TO 11:30PM 

  

Basic Microtomy 

Mari Ann Mailhiot, Technical Specialist 

Leica Biosystems 

Richmond IL 

  

Microtomy is the basis of our daily lives in Histology and the need to understand how to best use the microtomes as they have evolved over the past 30+ years.   The motorized microtomes of today add life to our ability to section better and in combination with the sharper knives have improved our work.   Improvements in basic ergonomics combined with other advances allow fewer repetitive work injuries. 

  

MARCH 1 - SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:00PM TO 4:30PM 

  

WORKSHOP 7 – MOUNTAIN TOWER ROOM                   1:00PM TO 4:30PM 

  

Basic IHC and Troubleshooting Workshop 

Matthew Pardilla, Technical Consultant 

Cell Marque Corporation 

Rocklin, CA 

  

This workshop is designed to improve basic IHC knowledge and uncover what goes on “behind the scenes” inside your IHC automated platform. It will touch on different types of detection, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each along with how to determine the best one for your assay. We will then address the most common causes of suboptimal staining and how to troubleshoot different scenarios. Additionally, the session will open up to participants’ troubleshooting questions and we will solve them as a group. 

  

WORKSHOP 8 – PAGEANT ROOM                                     1:00PM TO 4:30PM 

  

Unraveling the Mysteries of Histotechnology                                  

Debbie Sienna 

Statlab Medical Products 

McKinney TX 

  

Have you ever wondered…about some of the products that we use in the laboratory, for instance the slides that we use every day?   Why some slides are green and some white and what does that mean in everyday laboratory life?   Have you heard of hydrophilic slides and hydrophobic slides and wondered what the differences are?   There are some products that we in histology use on a daily basis and yet we don’t always know why they are the way that they are or what that could mean to us and so we are not always open to making changes in the products that we use, even if we may be able to save some serious cash.   However, in these times of reimbursement cuts, keeping the budget under control may be of the utmost importance in the survival of the laboratory.   In this workshop we will uncover some of the facts and fiction behind the most essential products in the lab, slides, paraffin, microtome blades and even alcohol, xylene and xylene substitutes.   Participants should come away from the workshop with a better understanding of how the products have been developed as well as knowledge of what makes a difference and what doesn’t.    

  

WORKSHOP 9 TRI LAKES ROOM 

  

MARCH 1 ST SATURDAY – CLASS BEGINS AT 8:00AM AND ENDS AT 4:30PM 

SPECIAL CLASS ALL FOR HISTOLOGY REGISTRY COURSE 

  

I HAVE TO KNOW ALL OF THAT FOR THE EXAM???        

  

Shane Jones BS, HT (ASCP) 

Baptist Health Schools Little Rock 

School of Histotechnology Program Director 

Little Rock AR 

  

Studying for the ASCP Board of Registry Exam is a huge undertaking. That difficulty is increased even more when you are doing it on your own. The amount of time and discipline it takes can be overwhelming. Saying that 6 hours is nowhere near adequate to cover what you need to study for the Board of Registry Exam. In this workshop, we will do our best to cover the same subject matter that I use for my students each year. We will cover the information with the 5 subcategories of the Board of Registry Exam in mind. These subject matter within these subcategories will include: instrumentation and its maintenance used in the histology lab, safety issues and guidelines that are set up by various government agencies, laboratory math and chemistry basic level, the four major tissue types and eighteen different organs will be microscopically identified, chemicals that are used in tissue processing (fixatives, dehydrating agents, clearing agents, and infiltrating medias) will be identified and their advantages and disadvantages will be discussed, embedding and microtomy methodologies and troubleshooting will be addressed, the H & E stain,   the 4 methods of decalcification and methods for testing endpoint, and finally we will address special stains (their mode of action, components and their functions, what they are recommended for, and results of the stain.