[Histonet] setting up immunohistochemistry

[Horn, Hazel V]

We are a small lab and we do our own immunos.    We do send a few out
that we do not perform often.   We have around a 40 antibody menu.   We
average 80 a month.
We use the Dako Autostainer.

Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall    Slot 820
Little Rock, AR   72202

phone   501.364.4240
fax        501.364.3912

visit us on the web at:    www.archildrens.org

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Subject: [Histonet] setting up immunohistochemistry

I've retired from full time employment to pursue my previous peripatetic

existence as the Samurai Pathologist. I'm being asked to look into
seeing up 
immunohistochemistry for a rather isolated solo pathology practice. The
service has 
three histotechnologists, one of whom is capable of working with IHC
(the 
other two are very near retirement).

1. How many billable slides a year does the service have to expect to 
produce, to justify the cost of running an IHC service?

2. There are I think three competing instruments available in the USA.
Which 
of these would you suggest for a service such as the one I describe? How
do 
you go about deciding among them?

Bob Richmond 
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN
(licensed TN NC GA MO KY)
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