[Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?

Thu Dec 1 13:14:39 CST 2005

And..they must get paid A LOT more than me to wear those clothes!

Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
Cardiovascular Pathology
6770 Bertner Ave.
Houston,TX 77030
832-355-6524
832-355-6812 (fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: A. Erickson [mailto:andrae <@t> u.washington.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:00 AM
To: Molinari, Betsy
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?

And they only run one sample at a time, and only work on one case at a 
time!!!! andra

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Molinari, Betsy wrote:

> Isn't it odd that there usually is no one else in the labs except the
> one or two investigators working on the one or two cases going on that
> week?
>
> Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
> Texas Heart Institute
> Cardiovascular Pathology
> 6770 Bertner Ave.
> Houston,TX 77030
> 832-355-6524
> 832-355-6812 (fax)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
Shirley
> Powell
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:45 PM
> To: king.laurie <@t> marshfieldclinic.org;
histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
> Yep, that is when I stopped watching Quincy.  Made me want to fight
too.
> I
> do watch CSI but usually not for accuracy, mostly for the scenery.
>
> Shirley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
> king.laurie <@t> marshfieldclinic.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:30 PM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
>
> I used to love that show, until the episode where Quincy complained
that
> Sam
> was demoted to work in histology, who were, after all, only a bunch of
> "bottle labelers". Them's fightin' words!
>
> Laurie King
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From:	"Bartlett, Jeanine" <jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov>
> Date:	Wed Nov 30, 2005 -- 01:15:00 PM
> To:	"Pam Marcum" <mucram11 <@t> comcast.net>,  "Ford Royer"
> <froyer <@t> bitstream.net>, "Histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> Subject:	RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
> And wasn't it amazing how much Sam and Quincy got done in one hour!?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Pam
> Marcum
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:22 PM
> To: Ford Royer; 'Histonet'
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>
> Ford,
>
> I don't think we are allowed to tell the new people in the field how
> much
> fun we had in the old days.  I have always loved my job however,
> sometimes I
> have to watch my sense of humor in non-histologist/medical company as
we
> don't ususally see things the same way they do.
>
> Heck, I thought Qunicy and now CSI were sit coms at first as it was so
> far
> from what we were doing and really funny for mistakes.  All my first
> boss in
> histology (and also a city/county coroner) wanted for several years
was
> a
> Sam like Qunicy had with all the equipment of course.  He figured he
> could
> rid of at least 5 people in the lab with one Sam.
>
> Pam Marcum
>
>
>> When I was a practicing laboratory scientist (27 years ago), we would
>> have some of the wildest lab parties and everyone seemed to be on the
>> same page as far as having a weird sense of humor.  A work day didn't
>> go by without some form of laughter in our lab.  Non-laboratory
people
>
>> often asked me why this was.  The only thing that I could come up
with
>
>> is it was how we dealt with the profession that we chose.  I won't go
>> into details or give examples.  We all know what I am talking about.
>> It does take a special kind of person to this sometimes morbid (some
>> would say hideous) work and I for one am glad that there are these
>> types of persons to take it on.  Thank you all for your dedication to
>> your profession and the people that you serve - mankind.
>>
>> ~ Ford
>>
>> Ford M. Royer, MT(ASCP)
>> Minneapolis, MN
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
>> Morken, Tim
>> - Labvision
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:11 AM
>> To: 'Ingles Claire'; Histonet
>> Subject: [Histonet] Histotechs: born or made?
>>
>> The first time I walked into a histology lab it was the day after the
>> 4th of July and there were 4 blackened fingers sitting on the
grossing
>
>> bench (one guess how they got there - and it's nothing to do with
>> anything Cajun!). My first thought was : 'this is going to be a
>> strange job.' I've seen much stranger things since, so I think
>> histotechs become strange due to exposure to unnatural sights (among
>> other things!). And, of course, the pathology staff of any hospital
is
> infamous for their "gross" humor.
>>
>>
>> Tim Morken
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
Ingles
>
>> Claire
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:55 AM
>> To: Histonet
>> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
>>
>>
>> I have wondered the same thing many times myself. Whether it was
>> naturally me or the addition of the chemicals that made me a bit
>> strange. I think it may be partly both. I usually blame it on the
>> chemical fumes though. :) Claire Ingles Mohs Clinic, UW Hosp. Madison
>> WI
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Bryan
>> Llewellyn
>> Sent: Tue 11/29/2005 11:15 AM
>> To: Histonet
>> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
>>
>>
>>
>> I have often wondered whether I became a histotech because I was born
>> strange, or whether I became strange because of the time I spent
>> training in a place like that!
>>
>> Bryan Llewellyn
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gayle Callis" <gcallis <@t> montana.edu>
>> To: <Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:23 AM
>> Subject: [Histonet] Re: 70% from NBF
>>
>>
>>> Joseph made some excellent points here
>>>
>>> Chloroform is an excellent clearing agent (used it back in the 60's
>>> in open dip and dunk processors - O.K. so I'm old!) but no one
>>> warned us about its carcinogenic nature and there were no safety
>>> issue regulations then.  Take his advice!
>>
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