[Histonet] Price Gun

Brent Adams badams at acadianagastro.com
Fri Jan 8 12:57:54 CST 2016


I ordered mine on ULINE.com and got it for $128.00 they also supply
the sticker rolls. This helped me as I get standing orders once a month.
I apply the received sticker next to the containers exp: date. When I open
the container and only use a portion. I circle the EXP: Date, and Received date sticker
in Red and hand write the date it was opened.

This has expedited being able to put supplies away and looks a lot cleaner
during inspections.

good luck

Brent Adams – BS, LPN, HT


www.acadianagastro.com

Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates, LLC
439 Heymann Blvd
Lafayette, LA  70503

tel:  (337) 269-1126
fax:  (337) 269-1476

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Today's Topics:

   1. NSH Financial and Tax Statements (WILLIAM DESALVO)
   2. H and E Staining in IHC (Steven Weston)
   3. Re: NSH Financial and Tax Statements (Walter Benton)
   4. Re: IHC with H & E staining (Amos Brooks)
   5. Re: NSH Financial and Tax Statements (Chad L McMahan)
   6. Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 146, Issue 4 validation suggestions
      for short cycle processing with conventional equipment (Steve McClain)
   7. lab humidifiers (Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID))
   8. Thanks for assistance (Lester Raff MD)
   9. Price gun (Histology Technician)
  10. Re: lab humidifiers (Michael Ann Jones)
  11. HPV 16/18 background (Edison Narvaez)
  12. Happy New Year!  Here's to a Fantastic 2016! (Pam Barker)
  13. Re: lab humidifiers (Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID))


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 14:31:44 -0700
From: WILLIAM DESALVO <wdesalvo.cac at outlook.com>
To: "'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] NSH Financial and Tax Statements
Message-ID: <COL402-EAS101D233F6A0F4ACA750D30382F50 at phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"

As a due paying member of NSH, I ask all members and anyone interested in Histotechnology request from NSH office to see the Financial and Tax Statements for 2013 / 2014. This is public information. We should all know where our dues money, money from educational activities and vendor money from the convention is being spent.

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:46:59 +0000
From: Steven Weston <steven.weston at utas.edu.au>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] H and E Staining in IHC
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Hi Marcus,
As stated previously by others there should be no problem putting the Eosin into your sections but I would suggest that you do not leave out the endogenous quenching so you can show your red blood cells. The reason being that there are many other cells that may then show up as positive. Instead I suggest using an Eosin/Phloxine mixture which nicely highlights the red cells differently to the rest of the general matrix material.
regards
Steve Weston
Breathe-Well CRE
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:59:00 +0000
From: Walter Benton <wbenton at cua.md>
To: WILLIAM DESALVO <wdesalvo.cac at outlook.com>, Histonet
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] NSH Financial and Tax Statements
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The website has some of the information you are speaking about, but I don't think tax statements are usually provided. They have the financials there for your review and I have included the link as well.

http://www.nsh.org/sites/default/files/2014%20Annual%20Report%20Final.pdf


Walter Benton HT(ASCP)QIHC
Lab Operations Manager
Chesapeake Urology Associates
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Glen Burnie, MD 21061
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Chesapeakeurology.com

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From: WILLIAM DESALVO via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 4:31 PM
To: 'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: [Histonet] NSH Financial and Tax Statements

As a due paying member of NSH, I ask all members and anyone interested in Histotechnology request from NSH office to see the Financial and Tax Statements for 2013 / 2014. This is public information. We should all know where our dues money, money from educational activities and vendor money from the convention is being spent.

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:03:41 -0500
From: Amos Brooks <amosbrooks at gmail.com>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>,    marcus.green at oncology.ox.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC with H & E staining
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Hi,
    I usually try to avoid eosin as a counterstain for a DAB labeled slide
because the red/pink of the eosin can obscure the rusty brown of DAB. If
you really want to use it though I would suggest a *really* light eosin,
perhaps even just a few milliliters in the 95% ETOH as you are dehydrating
it. The RBCs and eosinophils will pick it up quickly and the stain should
not overwhelm the DAB. You could also darken the DAB with Copper sulfate.

Cheers,
Amos

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM, <histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
wrote:

> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:26:35 +0000
> From: Marcus Green <marcus.green at oncology.ox.ac.uk>
> To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
>         <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> Subject: [Histonet] IHC with H & E staining
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Dear Users,
>
>
>
> Happy New year - I hope this finds everybody well!
>
>
>
> I was asked a very simple question yesterday - why don't you do H&E
> counterstaining on DAB stained samples. The question came about as we're
> looking at CD31 staining for blood-vessels and some look ruptured (we're
> keen to see red blood cells).
>
>
>
> Instead of doing a consecutive cuts, a CD31 stain (Haem counterstain) on
> one slide and H&E on another, the question was asked why not do the Eosin
> stain as part of the counterstain....
>
>
>
> I've never seen it done in the literature or in the clinic, and I've never
> asked why it's not done. Any assistance or advice would be greatly welcome
> - and my sincerest apologies if this is a very basic question?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your time,
>
> kind regards,
>
>
>
> Marcus,
>


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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 01:18:48 +0000
From: Chad L McMahan <clmcmah at clemson.edu>
To: Walter Benton <wbenton at cua.md>
Cc: WILLIAM DESALVO <wdesalvo.cac at outlook.com>, Histonet
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] NSH Financial and Tax Statements
Message-ID: <48214F1F-6EB8-46A9-94CD-B2E7E0810C0D at clemson.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Chad McMahan, NSH member, Region III, SC President, I agree with William DeSalvo. We need to see valid tax records and not the readily formatted version of the Presidents report. I would hate for the consensus of membership to be easily swayed to believe that tax records to the IRS and accounting does not show the same validity as the 2014 report. I agree with another colleague that vendors or anyone associated with a for profit organization should not hold BOD positions according to the original bylaws. We should change that this year and not look back! What about Region III candidates to fill current position. We as members want to do what is right for the whole organization. We would love for our voices to be heard and not challenged. I would like to see complete organization from the top down. If it means walking away from political status and saying publicly and apology then do it. I have seen over the past year some very influential walk away from NSH. I have seen people stay that need to go! Let's consider taking it back to the basics without legalese jargon and worrying if your colleague is going to sue you or not. When I look back at the 25th Anniversary Calendar of NSH I done see what we have now. It's a true celebrated event over 25 years ago. What happened! I look at the leadership current! What would Lee Luna think of what we have and insure that the legacy continued? We would love to see the validity of the expenses please as supporting members. We have the authority to seek and have answers met.
Best regards,
Chad M

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 7, 2016, at 6:00 PM, Walter Benton via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> The website has some of the information you are speaking about, but I don't think tax statements are usually provided. They have the financials there for your review and I have included the link as well.
>
> http://www.nsh.org/sites/default/files/2014%20Annual%20Report%20Final.pdf
>
>
> Walter Benton HT(ASCP)QIHC
> Lab Operations Manager
> Chesapeake Urology Associates
> 806 Landmark Drive, Suite 127
> Glen Burnie, MD 21061
> 443-471-5850 (Direct)
> 410-768-5961 (Lab)
> 410-768-5965 (Fax)
> Chesapeakeurology.com
>
> Voted a Best Place to Work by
> Baltimore and Modern Healthcare
> Magazines.
> ________________________________________
> From: WILLIAM DESALVO via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 4:31 PM
> To: 'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
> Subject: [Histonet] NSH Financial and Tax Statements
>
> As a due paying member of NSH, I ask all members and anyone interested in Histotechnology request from NSH office to see the Financial and Tax Statements for 2013 / 2014. This is public information. We should all know where our dues money, money from educational activities and vendor money from the convention is being spent.
>
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:56:55 +0000
From: Steve McClain <SteveM at mcclainlab.com>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 146, Issue 4 validation
        suggestions for short cycle processing with conventional equipment
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I posted our 7 year experience on this topic previously on histonet.
Remember, this machine (K3000, VIP5) was not designed specifically for this purpose, but it can be made to work admirably.
IOW Short processing on VIP is unreliable UNLESS you are willing to accept or control certain conditions,
1) only process well-fixed tissue
2) take formalin off this processor, making 14 changes beginning in 50%. If you want to keep station 1 formalin and standardize fixation with time X in formalin at temp Y, that may work. I prefer to change the tissues to 50% alcohol at the grossing bench so that all tissues are not only fixed, but rinsed in alcohol and started processing at the growing bench. This simplifies processing to dehydration, clearing and paraffin infiltration.  Simple is reliable and short processing cycles on this machine leave little room for error.
2) Program heat to 50C in all alcohols and xylene. Mixing pressure and vacuum yes yes yes
4) Keep all solutions fresh, rotate after 200- 400 blocks.
5) Lay blocks out not more than 2 cassettes back to back, max 100 for VIP5.
4 hour is reliable for tissues up to 3mm thickness such as punch biopsy.
2 hour is reliable for up to 1.5 mm tissue thickness such as core biopsies and shave biopsies of skin.

Method of processor validation for short cycle in machine previously validated in your lab.

To validate create your evaluation form and find a set of cases with sufficient tissue small tissue to divide into 2 equal blocks. This can (and will) be done on clinical cases if you are careful.
Print duplicate sets of cassettes.
Mark one half of case 1 yellow and one half blue (tissues will be processed separately, 1 regular and one short cycle and then recombined into 1 final block at embedding).
We held the short processed tissue cassettes in formalin and timed the short cycle to end when the regular program ends.
Then the two blocks are recombined or embedded together so that direct comparisons/measures can be made on one H&E and one on your most common IHC for that tissue. If the H&E and IHC both work, chances are everything else will also.
Modify your regular validation form or Create a form for scoring shrinkage, measured thickness and length, staining reactions, shrinkage, holes and flaws, have your path score.   photo graph yellow and blue tissues under H&E and IHC.
IF you do observe shrinkage or other undesirable artifact, be certain that your tissues are completely fixed at grossing and repeat.

If they are comparable in the oculars and to the camera, then show your work and voila, there is your validation.

Steve A. McClain, MD

>



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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 13:26:53 +0000
From: "Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)" <jqb7 at cdc.gov>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] lab humidifiers
Message-ID:
        <3B2CD438E1628A41BD687E98B963B7813A5A9DF6 at EMBX-CLFT4.cdc.gov>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Morning everyone!

What is the standard in humidity levels that most histology labs strive for? And to achieve this goal, do any of you use a commercial-grade humidifier?

Thanks for your help and have a nice weekend!


Jeanine H. Sanders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd., NE MS-G32
Atlanta, GA 30329



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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 13:49:18 +0000
From: Lester Raff MD <LRaff at uropartners.com>
To: "'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] Thanks for assistance
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        <6347C6D2B080534F9B5C2B08436DCFAF0B5F2347 at COLOEXCH01.uropartners.local>

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Thanks for spreading the word about block disposal. I have been inundated with requests, will have to sort through them all!



For anyone interested Friday blog post http://www.chicagonow.com/downsize-maybe/2016/01/what-is-the-last-sound-you-will-hear/

Lester J. Raff, MD MBA
UroPartners
Medical Director Of Laboratory
2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511
Westchester, Il 60154
Tel: 708-486-0076
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:42:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Histology Technician <histology81176 at att.net>
To: Histonet List <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>,
        "histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] Price gun
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? I was thinking of using a price gun to date my supplies when they come in, but I can't find one to buy.? Any ideas where to search for one?What do you guys use to date your supplies?? I've always used a pen to write the rcd date and my initials but thought a price gun would be quicker and neater :)
Thanks!

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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:01:08 +0000
From: Michael Ann Jones <mjones at metropath.com>
To: "Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)" <jqb7 at cdc.gov>,
        "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] lab humidifiers
Message-ID: <D2B51BC0.F59C%mjones at metropath.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

We are struggling with our humidity constantly.
Colorado is dry in the winter.
We use at least two humidifiers to try to keep humidity at minimum 30% due
to equipment manufacturer?s specs.
We have log sheets and thermometer/humidifier measurers to keep track of
humidity.
Standard for equipment seems to be 30 - 80% humidity per manufacturer?s
specifications of processors, etc.
Good luck


Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP)
Histology Manager
Metropath
7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.634.2511
Mjones at metropath.com

Providing collaborative diagnostic services,
saving lives today and tomorrow.






On 1/8/16, 6:26 AM, "Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) via Histonet"
<histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

>Morning everyone!
>
>What is the standard in humidity levels that most histology labs strive
>for? And to achieve this goal, do any of you use a commercial-grade
>humidifier?
>
>Thanks for your help and have a nice weekend!
>
>
>Jeanine H. Sanders
>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
>1600 Clifton Rd., NE MS-G32
>Atlanta, GA 30329
>
>_______________________________________________
>Histonet mailing list
>Histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet




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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:35:17 +0000
From: Edison Narvaez <ENarvaez at Pathlinelabs.com>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] HPV 16/18 background
Message-ID: <10d75e4b1c4f450ca1a4686118969218 at RAMEXCHANGE.HPS.LOCAL>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello,
I'm running HPV probes from Enzo on my Leica instruments, and we are noticing background episomal pattern on 16/18 staining of cases that are strongly positive for HPV 6/11, but not on cases that are 6/11 or 16/18 negative.
Is anybody experiencing this same issue and are there any suggestions.

I'm using Enzo probes, Enzo Stringency wash, Enzo mouse-antibiotin, and a polymer detection kit.

Thank you








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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:31:34 -0500
From: "Pam Barker" <relia1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Histonet" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] Happy New Year!  Here's to a Fantastic 2016!
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Hi Histonetters!
Happy New Year!!!!
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How did you ring in the New Year?
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:32:04 +0000
From: "Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)" <jqb7 at cdc.gov>
To: Michael Ann Jones <mjones at metropath.com>,
        "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
        <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] lab humidifiers
Message-ID:
        <3B2CD438E1628A41BD687E98B963B7813A5A9F3A at EMBX-CLFT4.cdc.gov>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Thanks. We dog log the temp. I have had several service techs come in and comment on how much static we have. It has been worse than usual lately so am looking into options. Thanks much for your input!

________________________________________
From: Michael Ann Jones [mjones at metropath.com]
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 10:01 AM
To: Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID); histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] lab humidifiers

We are struggling with our humidity constantly.
Colorado is dry in the winter.
We use at least two humidifiers to try to keep humidity at minimum 30% due
to equipment manufacturer?s specs.
We have log sheets and thermometer/humidifier measurers to keep track of
humidity.
Standard for equipment seems to be 30 - 80% humidity per manufacturer?s
specifications of processors, etc.
Good luck


Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP)
Histology Manager
Metropath
7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.634.2511
Mjones at metropath.com

Providing collaborative diagnostic services,
saving lives today and tomorrow.






On 1/8/16, 6:26 AM, "Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) via Histonet"
<histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

>Morning everyone!
>
>What is the standard in humidity levels that most histology labs strive
>for? And to achieve this goal, do any of you use a commercial-grade
>humidifier?
>
>Thanks for your help and have a nice weekend!
>
>
>Jeanine H. Sanders
>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
>1600 Clifton Rd., NE MS-G32
>Atlanta, GA 30329
>
>_______________________________________________
>Histonet mailing list
>Histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet


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