IHC Resource Group Bulletin
September 1999

 Greetings from the IHC Resource Group.  We hope you all had a pleasant summer! 

Web Site Change

Our Web site domain has changed.  The new address is:  http://ihc.coloradohisto.org

You will be forwarded to the new domain from our old site.  Visit our committee table in R.I., where we will have pictures from our web site on display.

NSH Membership Requirement

Because we are a sub-committee of education through the National Society of  Histotechnology, membership in NSH is required in order to participate in the IHC Resource Group. As you may recall, membership with NSH was verified prior to admission to the group.  Once a year, we check with NSH to make sure that our members have continued to maintain their NSH memberships.  If you have not already done so, please do, so that you may continue to take advantage of this service.  If you need an NSH application or renewal form, please contact Patsy Ruegg, Chair, IHC Resource Group of the NSH, at the addresses listed at the end of this bulletin.

Tissue And Reagent Bank

Our tissue and reagent bank continues to be maintained by Ethel Macrea in Tucson, AZ. Ethel is the person to contact if you are in need of tissues or reagents, or if you have any control tissues or reagents that you are willing to share with others in the group. We are still in need of Hodgkin's tissue and we can always use CMV probes for the IHC Qualification exam.  Ethel’s contact information is listed at the end of the bulletin. 

Speaker Bank

Since it is necessary to document contact hours in continuing education in order to be eligible to renew the ASCP IHC Qualification, we are continuously making an effort to try and help our group members find qualified speakers for educational meetings.   We are in contact with several speakers, some sponsored by vendors and some not, who are willing to speak at meetings around the country regarding IHC.  If you are planning a meeting and need speakers, contact Patsy Ruegg, and she will try to assist you.

Product Information

In this section, the IHC Resource Group presents information that has been shared with group members regarding reagents and support products for Immunohistochemistry. 

Research Genetics has a line of IHC reagents which are reported to be of great

quality and value.  They sell a stable DAB that may be stored in the freezer, but it does not completely freeze, so that aliquots can be poured off directly from the bottle.  It is very clean, never precipitates and needs no filtering.  Premixed enzyme digestions from Research Genetics, such as pepsin, have also been reported to be of excellent quality and value. You may contact them at 1-800-533-4363, or at the following address:

Research Genetics
2130 Memorial Parkway SW |
Huntsville, AL 35801

Reference:          Patsy Ruegg  (see contact info below)

Committee Meeting In Providence

If you are traveling to the NSH S/C in Providence, RI this year, join us at our committee meeting on Sunday, October 17, 1999 at 6:30 PM. Get to know your IHC Resource Group Committee!

Address Changes

Let us know of your address changes so you can continue to get bulletins and other info from this group.  If your e-mail address has changed, or if you would like to receive the Bulletin via e-mail, please send your new address to Diana Goodwin at slipper@net-gate.com.

Words of Thanks

The IHC Resource Group wishes to thank LuAnne Lupfer and Dako Corporation for their generosity in donating much needed primary antibodies to the group.

IHC Resource Group Bulletin
Volume 2, Number 2
September, 1999