[Histonet] OJT Histotechs/Training

Tue May 19 13:48:43 CDT 2015

Experience may not be the issue she needs to have an associate's degree with the appropriate credit hours to sit for the HT.  It does not matter where you get your experience it does not need to be in a clinical lab.  I have had several techs sit for the HTL registry and IHC qualification with research experience and I myself signed for their experience.  I also needed to write a supplemental letter to the BOR explaining my position and that as a contract histology based CRO we did not have a medical director, etc.

Here is essentially what I wrote to the BOR this was back in 2004, this was for the IHC qualification but I had written a similar letter to the BOR for her HTL certification, I also wrote one for myself for the IHC qualification when I took that back in 2004 also.

I'm writing this letter to request a special consideration for the Immunohistochemistry Qualification for my employee Amy XXXXXX.  She has registered to take the Immunohistochemistry Qualification this spring.  She has already received the information packet.  I own a small contract histology laboratory called Premier Laboratory, LLC.  I have attached copies of our Articles of Incorporation, Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation, IRS Employer Identification Number, Colorado Business Registration and Application for Employer Identification Number.  We are a small lab, consisting of myself and Amy.  We do not have a PhD, MD, or DVM on staff to vouch for myself or Amy's level of experience performing immunohistochemical stains.  

Amy has been employed by Premier Laboratory since Feb 1, 2003.  Amy also worked for me at BolderPATH (another business that I was a part owner) from June 1, 2002 to Jan 31, 2003.  During her employment at BolderPATH and Premier Laboratory  the majority of her time was spent developing immunohistochemical protocols and performing various immunohistochemical applications. Some of the antibodies that Amy has created protocols for and performed for clients at Premier Laboratory include:

BrdU, Ki-67, PCNA, cleaved caspase-3, GFAP, CD31, F4/80 (clone BM8), F4/80 (clone A3-1), complement C3, Crry/p65, GAP-43, Luciferase, NOS2, PSA, synaptophysin, smooth muscle actin, S-100, LCA, CD20, UchL-1, CD11b, CD14, CD13, CD105, MMP-1, MMP-7, FLK-1,  plus several in-house antibodies for various applications.  I have performed these antibodies utilizing a variety of fixatives, processing methods and detection systems utilizing both frozen and paraffin embedded material.

I have attached to this letter the Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Qualification Reference, which I have filled out for Amy.

If you have any questions or require any additional information please give myself or Amy a call at 

Liz

Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Premier Laboratory, LLC
PO Box 18592
Boulder, CO 80308
(303) 682-3949 office
(303) 682-9060 fax
(303) 881-0763 cell
liz at premierlab.com
www.premierlab.com

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Premier Laboratory, LLC
1567 Skyway Drive, Unit E
Longmont, CO 80504

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From: Coffey, Anna (NIH/NCI) [C] [mailto:anna.coffey at nih.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:01 PM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] OJT Histotechs/Training

Hi Loralei,

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding, but I'm unclear why you would be ineligible to sit for the exam with your experience. I've always worked in a research lab on animal tissues and used that experience to qualify for the exam. There is no longer a practical portion of the exam (the entire thing is a multiple choice electronic exam) and none of the paperwork requires a pathologist to sign off as your supervisor (this is the form to verify experience: http://www.ascp.org/pdf/BOC-PDFs/Documentation-forms/DocumentationFormHTLRoute2.aspx). According to the ASCP site, experience counts as "one year full time acceptable experience in a histopathology (clinical, veterinary, industry or research) laboratory in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last ten years."

It's my understanding that the exam requirements have changed over the last few years (before I got my certification) and maybe you now would be eligible for the certification?

Anna Coffey, MS, HTL(ASCP)CM
Histotechnologist
Center for Advanced Preclinical Research Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
Bld 539, 224
Frederick, Maryland 21702
anna.coffey at nih.gov
301-846-1730

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Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 11:59:59 -0700

From: Loralei Dewe <lldewe at gmail.com<mailto:lldewe at gmail.com>>

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I have a different perspective on this issue. I have been in histology

for over 20 years. I worked at UC Davis in Vet. Histopath for several

years. I was a histology Core facility manager and started up the facility

from scratch at UC Davis Health system while running a Core Confocal

microscope facility there. BUT I was in research, I wasn't in a "Pathology

lab" and I don't qualify for the HT or HTL so I can't get work in the

industry. Talk about a conundrum!

Loralei

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