WELL SAID!!

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> From: 	burch007@mc.duke.edu[SMTP:burch007@mc.duke.edu]
> Sent: 	Friday, September 17, 1999 11:54 AM
> To: 	tobiasv@vetmed.wsu.edu
> Cc: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Wanted: Green Tissue Tek Staining Racks
> 
> 
> 
> Victor,
> 
> Oh, what a sore subject. Yes, there are some labs who don't have automatic
> coverslippers and like the way the good old green racks lay in the stain
> dish,
> easier to pick slides out of the rack, or for whatever reason. Sure the
> new gray
> plastic racks work for HIER techniques. But, for routine work, the others
> are
> better. Actually, I despise the plastic handle on the gray Sakura racks.
> 
> Last spring at the USCAP meeting, I approached the people at Sakura and
> asked if
> they could bring back the old Tissue Tek racks. It was like talking to a
> chalkboard. "Why should we do that when we have a good rack." I got a very
> cold
> response. I mentioned the same need to a local company and was told it
> wasn't
> needed because the national trend is moving to automation and a dual
> purpose
> rack system is needed. Well, maybe, but what about all of the little guy's
> out
> there that do manual staining.
> 
> HELLO, IS ANYONE LISTENING TO WHAT THE CUSTOMER IS SAYING?
> 
> Damn, I feel better. Who said that? I said that and a whole lot of other
> techs
> out there in Histoland.
> 
> Have a Bless Day,
> 
> Jim Burchette
> Duke University Medical Center
> Immunopathology Lab
> 
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