We have found no.1 lead pencils to work very well.
 Don Luke, HT (ASCP)
SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
2501 N. Patterson St
VALDOSTA, GA 31603
PHONE (912) 259-4830



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>From: 	sjrugby@juno.com[SMTP:sjrugby@juno.com]
>Sent: 	Saturday, October 17, 1998 12:23 AM
>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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