Erwin Haas wrote:
<I do not understand what is going on. Every week some stupid question: 
pencils. water bath ,blades etc.>

Gee, a discontented Histonetter!!

Histotechs were so isolated before the histonet that they are making up for 
all those years of being buried in the lab. I think it's great to be able to 
ask any old question and get other peoples' ideas and methods of doing 
things. I appreciate the questions about basic procedures: Something 
interesting always pops up!  Those are the ones you have to deal with by the 
minute so might as well be able to find and try other ways of doing things. 
Gone are the days of learning something one way and then doing it that way 
for 30 years!

Erwin, If you were in Two Dot, Montana, you would love the Histonet for the 
'stupid' questions.

Tim Morken, B.A., EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
Infectious Disease Pathology
Centers for Disease Control
MS-G32
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
USA

email: tim9@cdc.gov
       timcdc@hotmail.com

FAX:  (404)639-3043




----Original Message Follows----
From: Erwin Haas <agoura@jps.net>
To: "Klemme, Nancy" <nancy.klemme@sakuraus.com>
CC: Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory <histosci@shentel.net>, histoNet 
<histoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
Subject: Re: cassettes
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 19:45:27 -0700

I do not understand what is going on. Every week some stupid question: 
pencils.
water bath ,blades etc. Most of you are lab Mgr. can you make a educated 
decision
on your own or you always have somebody make it for you? Get the #2,3, or 
any
pencil which works for you  clean the blades with any solvent  which removes 
the
oil, get any water bath which will do the job. Please make a decision and  
get on
with it.
Erwin

Klemme, Nancy wrote:

 > Thank you to users who shared the use of pencils for labeling their 
cassettes.
 >
 > Sakura is also able to support the use of pencils to hand label 
Tissue-Tek
 > Cassettes.  Only Tissue-Tek Pencils have been tested by Sakura for 
labeling the
 > Tissue-Tek Cassettes.
 >
 > Best regards,   Nancy
 >
 > Nancy Klemme, HT(ASCP)
 > Customer/Product Support Mgr.
 > Sakura Finetek USA, Inc.
 > 1750  West 214th Street
 > Torrance, CA  90501
 >
 > Web Page = www.sakuraus.com
 > e-mail = nancy.klemme@sakuraus.com
 > Phone = 800/725-8723
 >
 > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
 > Subject:    Re: cassettes
 > Author: "Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory" <histosci@shentel.net>
 > Date:       6/8/99 12:41 PM
 >
 > From: Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory
 > Date: Tue, Jun 8, 1999 12:41 PM
 > Subject: Re: cassettes
 > To: histoNet; WeissHouse
 > Histonetters,
 >
 > Please listen when I tell you that a #2 lead pencil works best for
 > processing cassettes!  I know it goes against everything you have learned
 > over the years, you know how in the medical field you have to buy the
 > highest priced items.  In this case, it is not true.  I wouldn't spend 50
 > cents on a marking pen for cassettes.  A #2 lead pencil is the way to go.
 > Can anyone back me up on this?  Give the pencil a try-you'll be happy you
 > did!
 >
 > Tom Galati
 > Histo-Scientific Research Labs.
 > (540)856-2222
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: WeissHouse@aol.com <WeissHouse@aol.com>
 > To: Histonet <HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
 > Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 11:06 PM
 > Subject: cassettes
 >
 > >i have been hearing about cassette numbers washing off lately.  anyone 
else
 > >having this problem?  what pen is being used by the majority of histonet
 > >users? it seems that the cassettes from sakura are smoother than usual, 
any
 > >response ? looking into marking systems. any suggestions?  are any of 
you
 > >histonetters having this problem and what do you attribute to it ?
 > >
 >
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