Yup, been through that before.  I made sure that we switched to BioCare's
reagents on a dako-like stainer after that.  I would think that'd be the
only reason to hide your identity (fear of Ventana sending the hounds after
you).

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Joe Nocito  wrote:

> no, they usually contact the CEO's of the labs to get their employees to
> stop ragging on the company. Then again, you never know who is lurking in
> the winds.
>
> JTT
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Tarango" 
> To: "Histonet Alias" 
> Cc: ; "Martin Trotter" <
> Martin.Trotter@cls.ab.ca>; "Tracey Lenek" ;
> "Burton,Lynn" ; "Joanna Bartczak-McKay" <
> Joanna.Bartczak-McKay@cls.ab.ca>
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Ventana Benchmark XTs
>
>
>  I don't know how much the opinion of "The Unknown HT(ASCP)" counts.  You
>> aren't with Ventana I hope.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Histonet Alias > >wrote:
>>
>>  They are switching to a more reliable manufacturer. They are being
>>> proactive
>>> and switching them before they fail down the road. My XT has been a
>>> workhorse but we know certain peoples opinions about the company on here.
>>> I
>>> will take it any day over the rest.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Burton, Lynn >> >wrote:
>>>
>>> > We have had some trouble but they are planning to replace them. We
>>> received
>>> > a letter that they had changed vendors for parts and found they need to
>>> > switch back. They did replace one section earlier when it stopped >
>>> working
>>> > completely.
>>> >
>>> > Lynn Burton
>>> > Lab Assoc. I
>>> > Animal Disease Lab
>>> > Galesburg, Il 61401
>>> >
>>> > ________________________________
>>> >
>>> > From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Tracey
>>> Lenek
>>> > Sent: Wed 11/26/2008 10:59 AM
>>> > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>> > Cc: Martin Trotter; Joanna Bartczak-McKay
>>> > Subject: [Histonet] Ventana Benchmark XTs
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > We have had on-going thermal slide pad issues with our XTs since they
>>> were
>>> > installed
>>> > in February. The slide tray assemblies have been replaced not once but
>>> > twice and we are still having inconsistent
>>> > results with the temp verifier slides.  Has anyone experienced the same
>>> > issues with this
>>> > instrumentation?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Tracey Lenek
>>> > Tech III - Anatomic Pathology
>>> > Calgary Laboratory Services
>>> > 403-770-3588
>>> >
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