Here's another vote for the green racks with metal handles. I really dislike 
the grey plastic racks too.

Tim Morken, B.A., EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
Infectious Disease Pathology
Centers for Disease Control
MS-G32
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
USA

email: tim9@cdc.gov
       timcdc@hotmail.com

Phone: (404) 639-3964
FAX:  (404)639-3043


----Original Message Follows----
From: burch007@mc.duke.edu
To: tobiasv@vetmed.wsu.edu
CC: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: Wanted: Green Tissue Tek Staining Racks
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:54:17 -0400



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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