Re: ice trays

From:Lesley Weston

The lab I used to work in was not air-conditioned and it contained a lot of
heat-producing equipment, including the wax ovens. In the Summer, I would
put a chunk of dry ice in a large plastic funnel mounted on a clamp-stand
over the microtome, so that the cold air flowed over the block. It made a
major difference; I was able to cut everything, even during heat-waves.

Lesley Weston.



on 22/07/2003 10:25 AM, Cheasty, Sandra at SCheasty@ahs.llumc.edu wrote:

> We have access to dry ice in our lab, it works very well.  A block of dry ice
> is put on a towel next to the microtome and the blocks are laid on top of it.
> (Face them in first at room temperature.)  They rarely get too cold, and if
> they do, you just press your thumb against the surface for a moment. If it is
> bloody and "sawdusty", I float it in the hot water bath for 10-20 seconds and
> then replace on the dry ice.  It keeps the whole block cold so you can cut
> multiple levels at one cutting, without re-icing the block.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Chung, Luong [mailto:lchung@ppmh.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 09:27
> To: 'Mitchell, Nancy'; 'HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Subject: RE: ice trays
> 
> Have you ever use crushed ice?  With crushed ice, you can sink the whole
> block in the ice and it cool faster.  Just a suggestion.
> 
> Bruce Chung, MSM, CT(ASCP)
> Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
> Anatomic Pathology Manager
> (229) 312-6130
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitchell, Nancy [mailto:NMitchell@sach.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: 'HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Subject: ice trays
> 
> 
> We use ice trays at our facility as well and the histotechs love them. I
> have used cooling trays/freezers but ulitmately, we keep going back to the
> ice trays and save hundreds of dollars.  I guess there are just some things
> that you can't improve on with technology!
> 
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