The Vibrotome Model 7500 Cryostat is self decontaminating. Just push a button. See the link below.  

http://www.myneurolab.com/myneurolab/mnl_products_detail.asp?idproduct=475102&catdesc=Histology+Equipment&CatThreeID=732&CatOneID=4&subcatdesc=Cryostats&idsubcategory=182


Cordially,
Charles W.  Scouten, Ph.D. 
myNeuroLab.com 
5918 Evergreen Blvd. 
St. Louis, MO 63134 
Ph: 314 522 0300  
FAX  314 522 0377 
cwscouten@myneurolab.com 
http://www.myneurolab.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Melissa Jans
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:32 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] cryostat purchase

Vendors welcome to reply....
 
We are looking to purchase 2 cryostats.  I have been given a very small window of time in which I must make a decision and purchase.
 
We are a large laboratory with 3 cryostats right now.  Given current CAP regulations, each cryostat must defrosted, unassembled, decontaminated, and reassembled each week.  This has caused our cryostats to become a little "loose."  I will not mention our current vendor, but will merely say when these cryostats were designed, I do not believe they were ever intended to be taken apart and put back together so frequently.  
 
I am hoping some fellow histonetters will have some vendors and models of recently purchased cryostats.  Important features for our lab include: ease of decontamination - unassembly/assembly (self-decontamination would be great), ease of use (we are a teaching hospital and do not want anything with too many buttons!), quality of sections, movable specimen head, large chamber size (enough room for at least 6-10 freezing stations).  I could go on and on....
 
Please send any suggestions my way.  
I have been looking at the archives.....with minimal success.
 
Thanks!
Melissa Jans
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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