We do not use a slide labeling system.  It's never seemed very practical...
we never know how many slides we will cut on a particular block.  Each
cutter is assigned a number and that number is placed in the upper left-hand
corner of the slide preceding the prefix and year.

Tom Mc Nemar
Pathology Supervisor
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark, Ohio

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sabrina Dize [SMTP:Dize_Sabrina@piedmont.promina.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 12, 2000 10:36 AM
> To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu; Dawn Cathey
> Subject:	Shurmark
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>      We would like to know from those of you who have the Shurmark slide
> labeling system, do you have the techs initial the slides they cut? If not
> how do you troubleshoot errors? etc. 
> 
>      Those of you who do not have the Shurmark, are you initialling slides
> or simply recognize the handwriting?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Lynn Dize,
> Piedmont Hospital
> Atlanta, GA
>