It only fits their microtomes. -----Original Message-----From: Bartlett, Jeanine [mailto:JQB7@CDC.GOV]Sent: Thu 3/3/2005 8:48 AMTo: Weems, Joyce; Dawson, Glen; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.eduSubject: RE: [Histonet] block alignment Richard-Allan	-----Original Message-----	From: Weems, Joyce [mailto:JWEEMS@sjha.org] 	Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:44 AM	To: Dawson, Glen; Bartlett, Jeanine;histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu	Subject: RE: [Histonet] block alignment			From which company?			-----Original Message-----	From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf ofDawson, Glen	Sent: Thu 3/3/2005 8:27 AM	To: Bartlett, Jeanine; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu	Subject: RE: [Histonet] block alignment		Jeanine,		I believe we have 7 Histo Collimators here and I've used one forat least 5	or 6 years and I couldn't go without it.  Using the Collimator,I usually	waste less than 10 microns worth of tissue on an outside blockface-in. 		Thumbs Way Way Up on block aligners,		Glen Dawson  BS, HT & QIHC (ASCP)	IHC Manager	Milwaukee, WI		-----Original Message-----	From: Bartlett, Jeanine [mailto:JQB7@CDC.GOV]	Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:42 PM	To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu	Subject: [Histonet] block alignment			Hi:		Does anyone out there have any experience with block alignmentproducts	such as the Microtome Aligner from Newcomer or the HistoCollimator?  We	receive a huge number of outside blocks and I adjust my blockholder	accordingly, but others in the group say it's easier to re-embedall	outside blocks (Yikes!) and then have every microtome alignedthe same.	I was just wondering if these aligners work and if so perhaps itcould	be an alternative for those individuals that normally wouldrather	re-embed than realign.		Thanks!	Jeanine Bartlett, HT(ASCP)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Infectious Disease Pathology Activity	1600 Clifton Road, MS/G-32	Atlanta, GA 30333	_______________________________________________	Histonet mailing list	Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu	http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet		_______________________________________________	Histonet mailing list	Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu	http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet			  _____  	Confidentiality Notice ** The information contained in thismessage may be privileged and is confidential information intended forthe use of the addressee listed above. If you are neither the intendedrecipient nor the employee or agent responsible for delivering thismessage to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that anydisclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action inreliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Ifyou have received this communication in error, please notify usimmediately by replying to the message and deleting it from yourcomputer.	Thank you. Saint Joseph's Health System, Inc.		Confidentiality Notice ** The information contained in this message may be privileged and is confidential information intended for the use of the addressee listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient nor the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.Thank you. Saint Josephs Health System, Inc.