Dear Renee,

We too used to use lead pencil to label our slides until Quality Control
said the FDA, EPA and other regulatory agencies frowned upon them.  We then
used Secureline Superfrost markers--which are useless because they last
about one day.  Then, we were turned onto the Sharpie Industrial Super
Permanent marker.  They are wonderful.  They are available through Statlab
Medical Products (1-800-442-3573 extension 14).  They last several days, and
several hundred slides and cost less then any other permanent marking pen we
ever used (about $1.25 each).


-Beth Poole
Histo-Scientific Research Laboratories
107 Killmon Road
P.O. Box 30
Basye, VA  22810
(540)856-2222
fax: (540)856-2227
www.hsrl.org
beth@hsrl.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrienne Vair" <a_vair@hotmail.com>
To: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12:28 AM
Subject: RE: slide labeling


> I too have had some problems with these pens unfortunately I haven't been
> able to find much else. One suggestion that we have found helpful, make
sure
> the caps are on "tightly" and store them upright cap end down.
>
> Adrienne Vair MLT/BMLSc
> Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
> Medicine Hat, AB
>
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Renee Escalona [mailto:renee@tca.net]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:39 AM
> >To: HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu
> >Subject: slide labeling
> >
> >
> >Fellow histonetters,
> >
> >We've been having problems with our slide labeling.  We currently use
> >pencil
> >to label them.  However, after continuous handling of the slides, the
lead
> >eventually starts to fade which is no big surprise.  At one time we tried
> >using those Histoprep pens made by Fisher but they often dried out before
> >we
> >got a decent amount of use from them.  Did we just have a bad lot or has
> >anyone else had problems with these pens?  Also, can anyone suggest a
> >different type of pen that withstands the staining procedure?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Renee Escalona, BS, HTL(ASCP)
> >Veterinary Laboratory Technologist
> >TX Vet. Med. Diag. Lab
> >College Station, TX
> >
> >
> >
>
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