Andrea,

Try whirl -paks.  These  can be purchased at VWR.  They are nice because you can
write on them with a maker.  They come in   different sizes. Wrap the specimens
in aluminum foil then place in the bags.  This will help preven freezer burn.

There are freezer boxes also in the VWR catalog under Refrigerator/Freezer
accessories that are ideal for storing the bags.
Also check outh the cryo-box racks for storing the boxes. This is what was used
in the lab I worked in.

Rande Kline, HT (ASCP)
Technical Services
EM Science/BDH




AndreaH@imclone.com on 04/24/2000 11:17:51 AM

To:   Rande Kline/EMI/Merck@EMI
cc:
Subject:  Re: Frozen specimens




some are in OCT, some are just Snap.

Right now they are in little plastic holders which are fine, but I need new
holders because I need to alter the bank numbers on them so I was going to
set up a whole new system.

Any ideas?

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Andrea T. Hooper
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ImClone Systems Incorporated
Immunology Department
Research Scientist
180 Varick Street
New York, New York 10014
Ph:  (646) 638-5179
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E-mail: andreah@imclone.com
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                    rkline@emscie
                    nce.com              To:     AndreaH@imclone.com
                                         cc:
                    04/24/00             Subject:     Re: Frozen specimens
                    10:56 AM






Andrea,

How are they prepared? Are they  embedded in OCT?
Rande




AndreaH@imclone.com on 04/24/2000 10:13:04 AM

To:   HistoNet Server <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
cc:    (bcc: Rande Kline/EMI/Merck)
Subject:  Frozen specimens




Does anyone know of a good container(s) to use for banked frozen specimens?
What is the preferred way of storage??? Anyone? Anyone?

Andrea
andreah@imclone.com