I fail to see your problem.  What is wrong with finding equipment that does
a great job without causing the user pain?  "Perfect" disposable blades
allow one to create beautiful sections for the pathologist to interpret.
Perhaps you would rather have your biopsy sectioned with a less than ideal
blade.  Not me!

Jeanine H. Bartlett, HT(ASCP)
Centers for Disease Control
NCID, DVRD, IDPA
1600 Clifton Rd., NE  MS/G-32
Atlanta, GA  30333

-----Original Message-----
From: Erwin Haas [mailto:agoura@jps.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 2:55 PM
To: Bartlett, Jeanine
Subject: Re: Automatic Microtomes


What is the problem with you HISTOTECHS??? you want ergonomic automatic
microtomes, coverslippers, tissueprocessor I almost forgotten perfect
disposable
blades.Maybe you are robots not histotechs???
Erwin
Bartlett, Jeanine wrote:

> Let me suggest a non-automatic but ergonomic microtome, The Ergostar by
> Microm.  I was having terrible problems with pain in my hands but it all
but
> gone now!  This microtome is a rotary but instead of cranking a handle you
> push and pull the handle.  It is just as easy to use left-handed as
> right-handed.  Give it a demo!
>
> Jeanine H. Bartlett, HT(ASCP)
> Centers for Disease Control
> NCID, DVRD, IDPA
> 1600 Clifton Rd., NE  MS/G-32
> Atlanta, GA  30333
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hagerty, Marjorie A. [mailto:mhagerty@emc.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 12:07 PM
> To: 'Histonet'
> Subject: Automatic Microtomes
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The two techs that cut most of the time have both developed carpal tunnel.
I
> asked the director if we could get automatic microtomes and he is going to
> go to bat for us.
>
> Of course I don't know anything about automatic tomes. Would some of you
> mind sharing your recommendations/opinions/experiences with me?
>
> We currently have 3 Leica 1512, like them very much, and produce top
quality
> slides.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Marg
> Marjorie Hagerty, H.T. (ASCP) H.T.L., Q IHC
> Supervisor, Anatomic Pathology
> Eisenhower Medical Center
> 39000 Bob Hope Drive
> Rancho Mirage, California 92270
> 760.773.2013
> FAX:760.773.1587
> mhagerty@emc.org