This tool provides a way to link CAP checklist items with applicable NSH resources. Each CAP checklist (applicable to Histology) is listed in a separate tab of the Excel file: ANP, COM, GEN, TLC. Columns A, B and C can be sorted by the filter (pulldown feature).

To coincide with the CAP’s annual checklist updates, this crosswalk will be updated annually to address the CAP Checklist revisions

Immunohistochemistry reference database for commonly used assays (HIER, QC, Titer, Detection, Clone, etc.)

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Immunohistochemistry cost justification worksheet.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Immunohistochemistry ER/PR/HER prognostic benchmarks worksheet

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Immunohistochemistry buffers (Citrate, Tris/EDTA, etc.) can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and they are nothing more than buffered water solutions that can be made in your own lab, which will significantly increase your profit margin.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention

Immunohistochemistry validations must have good documentation to pass CAP inspections and more importantly to showcase the quality of work done at your lab. This is an example of well-documented antibody validation.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

An executive dashboard: a visual representation that gives executives/managers a quick an easy way to view their company’s performance in real-time.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Training and competency assessment guide with intuitive assessment codes and SMART goals.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Justification of additional staffing can often be difficult without substantial documentation. This chart shows how you can effectively monitor changes to # of hours of OT, increases in # of blocks/slides, etc.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Management is much easier with data. This tool allows you to use a pivot table to analyze the data simply and efficiently.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Writing an SOP is a learned skill, and this simple guide will help you begin writing better SOPs.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Calculating a cost benefit analysis isn’t easy unless you use a spreadsheet like this one. The Cost/Benefit worksheet will help create a personalized Cost/Benefit Analysis for any equipment purchase or project. As designed, this workbook is set up to operate on a year-by-year basis, but is user adjustable to modify for month-by-month or any other time frame.

The calculations are configured with 7 columns, to analyze budgets of up to 7 years in length, typically a payback/life cycle period for Pathology equipment or projects

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Authors: Robert Lott, Janet Tunnicliffe, Elizabeth Sheppard, Jerry Santiago, Christa Hladik, Mansoor Nasim, Konnie Zeitner, Thomas Haas, Shane Kohl, Saeid Movahedi-Lankarani

Despite the abundant guidelines and recommendations published for specimen handling and testing in a clinical pathology laboratory, relatively little literature is available for guidance of specimen handling in a surgical pathology laboratory. This document does not relate to cytologic or clinical pathology samples.

The following comprehensive table is intended to serve as a general guideline for proper specimen handling from when it is taken from the patient to when a completed slide of the specimen is given to a pathologist for interpretation. This document was created by CAP/NSH Histotechnology Committee members and is intended to serve as a guideline and NOT absolute recommendations for specimen handling. Each laboratory is advised to use these guidelines as a starting point and modify certain parameters to fit state and local institutional requirements, as appropriate. Whenever applicable, regulatory references for certain guidelines are provided in the table.

It is the intent of the CAP/NSH Histotechnology Committee to update this document every 2 years or when required and have the updated version of the document available on the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and National Society for Histotechnology (NSH) websites.

Histology SOP for tissue or foreign matter found at the embedding station.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

Occasionally, it may be necessary to de-stain a routine H&E slide to be used for IHC because the cells of interest are no longer present in the tissue block. Transferring the tissue onto a positively charged slide is necessary to prevent tissue loss during the heat-induced epitope retrieval (HIER) step. This procedure allows tissue to be removed from the original slide, transferred to a positively charged slide with appropriate control tissue, and then used for downstream testing.

Sample Submitted by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC

Immunohistochemistry tissue microarrays are a great way to save reagents and maximize efficiency of lab staff. Here are 9 examples of potential TMA configurations.

Provided by Jeremy Johnston, BS, HT(ASCP), QIHC as part of Workshop 17, IHC/Histology Resources - Forms, Spreadsheets, & Tools For Everyday Use, during the 42nd Annual NSH Symposium/Convention.

A list of Chemicals that OSHA has determined can cause cancer or other chronic conditions in humans or that have shown high carcinogenic potency in test animals at levels that are considered relevant to worker exposure.

The committee encourages you to print this out in color and display it in your laboratory to signify your commitment to a culture of safety.

Created January 2019, NSH Health & Safety Committee

Laboratories that use hazardous chemicals must develop and implement a written chemical hygiene plan to protect their employees. This document contains what needs to be included in a chemical hygiene plan.

How chemicals are to be stored and a list of compatible and incompatible chemicals.