[Histonet] hematoxylin

[James Watson]

Reason for depletion was stated as (if my memory serves me correctly):

1) The vendors depleted their stocks of powder to use up their older
supplies then they all restocked their supplies from the hematoxylin
powder suppliers at once. The company at the meeting is going to
increase it's backup stock so this can be avoided.

2) The company that harvest the liquid hematoxylin from the logwood
trees switched their harvesting to a makeup product that was more
profitable,  the company that was at the meeting has made a multi-year
contract with this company so this should not happen again.

Note I used the word depletion, not shortage.  I personally have not had
a problem getting the powder since I make up all my hematoxylin
solutions.



-----Original Message-----
From: Dana Settembre [mailto:settembr <@t> umdnj.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:22 AM
To: James Watson
Subject: RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin

What were the reasons for the depletion?
Did they say?


Dana Settembre, HT ASCP
Immunohistochemistry Lab
UMDNJ - University Hospital
Newark, NJ    USA

-----Original Message-----
From: James Watson 
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:56 AM
To: 'Horn, Hazel V'; Cheri Miller; Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Cc: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin

At the recent Biological staining Commission meeting in San Diego one of
the 2 manufactures of Hematoxylin powder that supplies all the
hematoxylin to the Vendors stated that due to a couple of reasons the
supply was depleted and by June or July they would be filling the back
orders to the hematoxylin vendors and that by this fall they would be
caught up.  They have taken measures to ensure that their supplies would
not be depleted again.  Some one from the BSC was supposed to post to
the Histonet an explanation of this.

James Watson HT  ASCP

Facilities Manager of Histology

GNF  Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation

Tel    858-332-4647

Fax   858-812-1915

jwatson <@t> gnf.org


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Horn,
Hazel V
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:52 AM
To: Cheri Miller; Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Cc: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] hematoxilyn

I've had hematoxylin ordered since April and it is still on back
order...  Then I tried another source and Fisher told me they sent their
last 2 bottles to me..Don't know if that is true but there does indeed
seem to be a shortage.

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        501.364.3155

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

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cheri
Miller
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:01 PM
To: Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Cc: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] hematoxilyn

Anyone know what the current status of the hematoxilyn shortage is??  Is
there even a shortage??  The supplier for my Histology hematoxilyn is
back
ordered to September and has given me a synthetic replacement to try.
My
cytology hematoxilyn supplier says they haven't heard of any shortage. 

 

Cheryl Miller HT (ASCP)

Histology Supervisor

Physicians Laboratory,P.C.

Omaha, Ne. 

402 738 5052

 



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