Histology
This type of tissue is responsible for covering body surfaces and lining cavities.
What is epithelial tissue?
SM-LPS is short for this.
What is Specimen Management Lab Pre-analytical Services?
These components make up the packet when you get a sample.
What is a PRF, Worksheets, Reception File, and Requisition?
This is what FISH stands for.
What is Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization?
This is what DDS stands for.
What is Diagnostic Development Services.
This enzyme is commonly used in IHC to visualize antibody-antigen interactions by producing a colored product.
What is horseradish peroxidase (HRP)?
The time packages start arriving.
What is 7:00 AM?
When checking in cases, this is the smart location for cases that need real time scanning.
What is LA-APERIO SCANNING?
The employee in the FISH/Reporting team that has been here the longest.
Who is Virginia Molo?
This is the most used CDx assay at the LA lab.
What is PDL1.
This histological stain is used to differentiate between collagen and muscle fibers, staining collagen blue and muscle fibers red.
What is Masson's trichrome?
This platform is used to request samples and documents from the SM team.
What is SharePoint or LA SM Internal Requests SharePoint?
This protocol has a CDx and pCR component.
What is Tropion Lung?
The FISH/Reporting team member that holds 2 CLS specialty licenses.
Who is Mai Nguyen?
The member of the DDS team that has a twin.
Who is Roxanna Ardjmand?
This protein, often used as a marker in IHC, is involved in cell cycle regulation and is commonly overexpressed in cancer cells.
What is Ki-67?
The number of Arcos units in the lab.
What is 8?
These are the names for 17000139BLC3004 & 42756493BLC3004.
What is Sunrise-5 & Moonrise-1?
Does FISH analysis at Labcorp look at Interphase or Metaphase cells.
Interphase
The document that outlines the specific steps, procedures, and expectations of a clinical trial?
What is the Protocol?
This histological technique involves the use of fluorescently labeled antibodies to detect specific antigens in tissue sections.
What is immunofluorescence?
The number of freezers and refrigerators in the lab.
What is 17, 11 refrigerators and 6 freezers?
The marker we test for D702AC00001.
What is Hercept?
When the first ISH technique was developed.
What is the late 1960s?
The number of hours DDS spent performing on-site monitoring visits in LA in 2024.
What is 245 hours?