We've found that a mechanical pencil with #2 lead works the best for us.
Denise Hardy
ARUP

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> From: 	sjrugby@juno.com[SMTP:sjrugby@juno.com]
> Sent: 	Friday, October 16, 1998 10:23 PM
> To: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Marking pen/pencil for cassettes???
>
> Histo-workers,
> 	We've had problems lately with our cassettes losing or fading the
> surgical numbers after processing...  I'm not sure if it's the cassettes
> or the pencils and markers.
> We've tried...
> 	*Official "Tissue-Tek" pencils, (they were the worst, believe it
> or not)
>
> 	*Regular #2 pencils  (some brands work better than others)
>
> 	*Secureline markers (which STILL fade and tend to dry out much
> too quickly)
>
> What have you-all found to work best?    Many thanks,  Sandosis
>
> PS Please don't tell me to contact the vendor, been there, done that,
> yadda, yadda,       yadda.   (Can't switch vendors either, we "have a
> contract")
>
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