Once a month I put a calibrated thermometer in one of the paraffin
reservoirs.

Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
Cardiovascular Pathology
6770 Bertner Ave.
Houston,TX 77030
832-355-6524
832-355-6812 (fax)


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amy
Porter
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:13 PM
To: Histonet
Subject: [Histonet] Tissue Processor Paraffin Temps for CAP Inspections

If your willing to share - how are people monitoring the temperature of
paraffin baths on tissue processors?  Are you using additional
thermometers directly into the paraffin baths, or just going by the
digital read out on the display for the (oven on a VIP) instrument?
Just curious how everyone is dealing with this particular item.  Thanks
in advance for the many responses and ideas I know I will get from
asking this question!
Amy S. Porter, HT(ASCP) QIHC
Laboratory Supervisor
Michigan State University
Investigative HistoPathology Laboratory 
Department of Physiology / Division of Human Pathology
2100 Biomedical Physical Sciences Bldg. Room #2133
East Lansing, MI  48824-3320
Phone:  (517) 355-6475 ext 1480 / Fax:  (517) 432-1368
Email:  portera@msu.edu
www.humanpathology.msu.edu

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