RE: I'm dreaming too! RE: Tissue Processors
From: | "Carson, Karla" <KCarson@chw.edu> |
I talked to the rep a couple of days ago and the new VIP is supposed to be
able to be programmed so that it knows compatible solutions and if there is
a problem at one station it will automatically move to the previous or next
station, reprogram the time and continue to process. Then we would take
care of the problem during normal business hours. Sounds great to me!
Karla Carson
Regional Pathology Manager
Mercy Health Care Sacramento
Phone 916-453-4494
FAX 916-453-4397
e-mail kcarson@chw.edu <mailto:kcarson@chw.edu>
-----Original Message-----
From: Morken, Tim [mailto:tim9@cdc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:01 AM
To: 'Histonet'
Subject: I'm dreaming too! RE: Tissue Processors
Susan wrote:
<I have not had the advantage of working with the newer
machines which you
can actually view the process or access from a home
computer. That was my
dream.>
That's my dream too, in fact, I want to control my microtome
by brainwaves
while I sleep and then I can come in later in the day!
Seriously, I mentioned to DAKO a couple of years ago that it
would be very
nice to have their instrument networked so I could see the
status of the
machine from my desk computer or other computer in another
part of the lab
(we have networked computers everywhere you look). That way
if there are
problems I don't have to rely on a phone call from someone
who is near the
machine.
And while were at it, why not have all these disparate
machines talk to each
other so we don't have to reenter all this info for cassette
labeling, slide
labeling, autostainer entry, etc.
I think in a few years you will see this happening and we'll
all be a bit
happier, or at least more secure in knowing what is going
on.
BTW, Susan, why are you looking at histology stuff in your
retirement?
(Susan has spent many years as a very active member of the
Georgia society
and deserves a rest, and one cruise won't be enough!).
Tim Morken, BA, EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
Infectious Disease Pathology Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ms-G32
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
USA
PH: 404-639-3964
FAX: 404-639-3043
email: tim9@cdc.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed or Susan Meloan [mailto:meloan@home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:33 AM
To: Histonet
Subject: Tissue Processors
I have just retired from histology. For the last 12 years I
supervised a
clinical Histology laboratory, and personally would not
consider managing a
lab without an external alarm on the tissue processor. I
did not have it
for the first 2 years I was in the lab, and I can tell you
nothing was worst
than to be called when the technicians came in at 5:30 and
be told the
machine was alarming. It ruined the whole day straightening
it out. After
we had the external alarm connected to a computer in central
energy, I, or
one of the techs, was called. All it involved was 30 minutes
of time in
which I went in and restarted the processor or moved the
tissue. Then
things proceeded normally in the morning with no damage to
tissue and little
problem of timing.
That was one advantage of technology that really helped make
my life easier.
I have not had the advantage of working with the newer
machines which you
can actually view the process or access from a home
computer. That was my
dream.
Susan Meloan
Original Message
Date: 6 Feb 2001 09:00:31 -0600
From: "Rippstein, Peter" <prippstein@ottawahospital.on.ca>
Subject: Tissue Processor Alarms
Histoneters,
I would like to get a general consensus on the merits of
external alarms on
tissue processors which would alert staff in case of an
error during the
night or on weekends.
Thanking you in advance,
Peter Rippstein, ART
Charge Technologist
Anatomical Pathology
The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus
Ph: 798-5555 ext 16589
Fax: 761-4846
email: prippstein@ottawahospital.on.ca
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