[SPAM] Re: RE: [Histonet] Friday Fun Fume

[Mickie Johnson]

My first 'job' was a volunteer in my last semester in high school in 1965. I
volunteered to take on a 'work-study' job in the anatomic pathology dept. at
UCLA. The job was to change the tops on 6000 (that's right 6K) pint bottles
of saved autopsy tissue dating from the 1950's if guess. (Study was whatever
I could learn by observation while working). The tissues were saved in Mason
jars with metal tops and, you guessed it, the tops had corroded and most of
the formalin had evaporated. You can imagine that took me all of that
semester and part of the next summer to complete. We had no ventilation in
the storage room at all so exposure was constant. Not to mention that
occasionally a jar would fall off the back of the shelf and break on the
floor. It was a nasty job, but endeared me to the histology staff so they
hired me part time as a lab aid to dump tissues, move paraffin blocks and
slides, make stains, etc, etc. I worked there through college.

We also used chloroform for clearing on the Technicon Duo processors and
filled gallon bottles by pumping out of a 55 gallon drum. Got high a few
times (no ventilation in the storage room either of course).

We didn't wear gloves except when doing autopsies and no hoods for
coverslipping. They call these the good ol' days, but I have always
questioned that rationale. 

Mickie



Mickie Johnson, B.S., HTL(ASCP)
Mohs Histology Consulting Services, LLC
  & Mohs Lab Staffing
2507 S. Manito Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99203
509-954-7134
Web: www.mohshistotemp.com & www.mohslabstaffing.com 
Email: mickie25 <@t> netzero.net
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
histology <@t> gradymem.org
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 5:20 AM
To: Edwards, R.E.
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Breeden, Sara
Subject: [SPAM] Re: RE: [Histonet] Friday Fun Fume

When they first opened a pathology lab here (30+ yrs ago) the 
histology lab was in a former bathroom.  You could do gross, put it in 
the processor, embed, cut, and stain just by swiveling the chair 
around.  And you had to go through the pathologist's office to enter 
and leave the "lab"...and he was quite a bear in those days!!

Angie Barnett, HTL(ASCP)
Grady Memorial Hospital
Pathology Department
405/224-2258
histology <@t> gradymem.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwards, R.E." <ree3 <@t> leicester.ac.uk>
Date: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:17 am
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Friday Fun Fume
To: "Poteete, Jacquie A." <japoteete <@t> saintfrancis.com>, "Breeden, 
Sara" <sbreeden <@t> nmda.nmsu.edu>, histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu

> When  I  was  a  lad  we  used  an  electric  iron  as  a  hot  plate
> and  a  toaster to  dry  the  slides  in, and  warm  up  our 
> meals, and
> dry  our  wet  clothes on  top  of  the  autoclave never  did  me  
any
> harm! 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Poteete,Jacquie A.
> Sent: 17 May 2007 15:44
> To: Breeden, Sara; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Friday Fun Fume
> 
> We're close to that.  Our main IHC work area is an old shelf placed
> across the top of two open drawers.
> 
> Jacquie Poteete MT(ASCP)QIHC
> Tulsa, OK
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Breeden,Sara
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:48 AM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Friday Fun Fume
> 
> 
> I'm back from hibernation and have an idea for a new end-of-week grin
> (hopefully).  It's called "Can You Beat This?".  Here's mine: I do
> special stains in an 18x18" "wet bar" sink using an under-counter
> refrigerator rack as my slide support. Can you beat that?  Knock
> yourself out...
> 
> 
> 
> Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)
> 
> NM Dept. of Agriculture
> 
> Veterinary Diagnostic Services
> 
> PO Box 700
> 
> Albuquerque, NM  87106
> 
> 505-841-2576
> 
> 
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