[Histonet] Fire in the lab
Cheryl
tkngflght <@t> yahoo.com
Sun Feb 28 19:14:17 CST 2010
Amazing that your tech had the presence of mind to do ALL of those things!
Used to work with a couple of old school techs back in the days when folks smoked in the lab. One tech would embed with a xylene soaked rag to wipe the plate and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth. She also used an open bunsen burner to keep her forceps hot....cannot tell you how many times she set fire to that rag...used her coffee to put it out most times...
As Louise says--in another time and dimension.
Cheryl
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:51:00 +0200
From: louise renton <louise.renton <@t> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Fire in the lab
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hey, I once set my hair on fire in the lab...singed off my eyebrows and
burnt my nostril hair. It took several days for the burnt hair smell to get
out of my nose!!.
This too was in a time long long ago in another time dimension
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Joe Nocito <jnocito <@t> satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Once upon a time in a far away land, we used to boil our embedding molds in
> boiling soapy water, over an open Bunsen burner, followed by an alcohol
> rinse then air dry. One time the fire alarm was activated and we had to
> evacuate the hospital. We were out there quit awhile. When we received the
> all clear to go back into the hospital, I was the first one back in the lab
> and the fire department was there, looking into our pot that had boiled out
> and was smoking up the lab. This wasn't the cause of the first alarm, but it
> did set off the second.
>
> Joe
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> Subject: [Histonet] Fire in the lab
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> Dear Histonet Friends,
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> I just wanted to share an incident we recently had with an old paraffin
> pot. One of my techs came in on Sunday to embed some tissues, went into the
> processor room and smelled something burning. He noticed our old paraffin
> pot had charred looking labels on the outside so he went over, opened the
> lid and poof!!! the pot went up in flames. The thermostat had gone haywire
> and heated the paraffin to flash point. Opening the lid gave it the oxygen
> it needed to ignite. He triggered the alarm, made the appropriate call and
> then put it out with an extinguisher. Of course it kept re-igniting because
> he could not get behind it to pull the plug. The fire dept finally was able
> to get it pulled out and unplugged. Needless to say the tech was shaken and
> the room was a mess. I applaud his courage and am not sure I would have done
> the same. There was enough xylene and alcohol on the 4 processors to cause
> quite an explosion but everything else was in a flammable cabinet. I was
> wondering if this type of thing had ever happened to anyone else?? Needless
> to say, we have de-comissioned all old paraffin pots and will order only
> those with over temp safety features. I guess I just wanted to remind
> everyone that fires can happen in the lab and do probably more often than we
> hear about. This was the first time for me and I have been in this business
> for over 20 years. Take care and be safe.
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> Christie Gowan HT (ASCP)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:47:01 -0700
From: "Patsy Ruegg" <pruegg <@t> ihctech.net>
Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW: [Histonet] ruo antibodies
To: "'Vickroy, Jim'" <Vickroy.Jim <@t> mhsil.com>,
<Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
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Yea we were just looking at this yesterday. There is no question on the CAP
check list about using RUO's anymore, but it is still in the discussion
section with ASR's and it is stated as you mentioned to include a disclaimer
and statement that you did try to find an IVD or ASR antibody. Our question
was about billing the patient for RUO use. CAP does not really address
billing issues like that, but CMS does as far as we could tell, and we have
been told that if you bill for RUO's CMS could come back and deny payment of
the claim and perhaps all bills from your lab.
We were wondering if anyone is billing patients for RUO antibodies, but of
course if you are you may not want to say so to bring attention to yourself.
Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC
IHCtech
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Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Histonet] ruo antibodies
Our new CAP checklist does not mention the use of RUO antibodies anymore.
This was under the question using ASR antibodies in the past. I believe
the requirement was that if we wanted to use an RUO antibody we had to have
a disclaimer similar to the ASR disclaimer but we also had to have a
statement stating that we had searched for an IVD or ASR antibody. Does
anyone know if this is still the practice or am I missing something? I do
know of course than when using either an ASR or RUO antibody we have to
establish and verify the performance. Any thoughts about the RUO(s)?
James Vickroy BS, HT(ASCP)
Surgical and Autopsy Pathology Technical Supervisor
Memorial Medical Center
217-788-4046
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:30:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeffrey Silverman <pathmaster <@t> yahoo.com>
Subject: [Histonet] Fire in the lab
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Here's mine. Had a per diem tech who didn't like the electric forceps warmer. She worked over Saturdays alone and brought in an alcohol lamp to heat her forceps and then knocked it over spilling flaming alcohol all over the thermal and dispensing consoles. Then, even worse, she poured water all over both plugged- in electic appliances. We got away with just melted facade face plates on both instruments.
Jeff Silverman
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:12:50 -0500
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Subject: [Histonet] RELIA Histology Careers Bulletin 2/28/10 Are you
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