Mark Ray certainly raises some interesting points about the interplay of power in a pathology service. If as a pathologist I ask Purchasing to get me an item, they'll delight in ignoring me. Rather than deal with that, I'll go to a craft store or a Wal-Mart or whatever - probably combining it with another visit to the store - and save the confrontation.
I think I saw some of Kurosawa's films half a century ago, but these days I never go to films, only to movies. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN *************************************************************** On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Mark Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't disagree with you, Bob, but a lot of people don't have the good > fortune or fortitude to get around as much as you must have to. I remember > when I worked in the lab, it always seemed an imposition to have to go > shopping for something needed for work. You might work overtime, week > after week, and the the weekend would be the supermarket, some other chores > and housekeeping. Craft and art supplies, they don't have that at the 7/11. > It was always easier to put it on a PO, when possible, and have it > delivered direct. While you're going from employer to employer, righting > wrongs, rescuing distressed women and eviscerating the bad guys, it's > probably not very inconvenient to run some errands on the way. Not quite > the same as it is for us rice paddy peasants, we got enough trouble fending > off the bandits and politicians. Anyway, have you seen Kurosawa's "Red > Beard?" Mifune plays a doctor in a 19th Century clinic. Not samurai > action, but at one point he has a great ju jitsu scene. > > Robert Richmond wrote: >> >> Hi Mark Ray! >> >> For a four dollar item that needs replacing less than once a year, I'd >> rather just pay for it out of my own pocket than go to the trouble of >> begging to borrow a catalog and begging purchasing to order the item >> and waiting a week or two for it. That's what I do for small tools >> like strainers, hacksaws, pliers and what have you also. >> >> Bob Richmond >> >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Mark Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Most institutions have a discount contract with a large office supply >>> company. Borrow a catalog from the office staff. That's usually the >>> cheapest deal on india ink and you don't have to go to an outside vendor >>> that your purchasing department never heard of. >>> >>> Robert Richmond wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Inks - both ordinary india ink and colored inks - used for marking >>>> histology specimens will usually stay on quite satisfactorily if you >>>> make sure to blot the specimen dry before inking. I never anything to >>>> fix the ink to the specimen. 2% to 5% acetic acid is simple to use if >>>> you or your pathologist want it. Don't use acetone (flammable) or >>>> Bouin's fixative (toxic and messy). >>>> >>>> Ink doesn't adhere well to cauterized tissue surfaces. It adheres >>>> reasonably well to cauterized breast tissue, not at all to the >>>> cauterized surfaces of LEEP specimens of the cervix (where the >>>> cauterized surfaces themselves are an adequate guide to the margins >>>> for the microscopist). >>>> >>>> Ordinary india ink - most of what the pathologist uses - is easily >>>> bought at artist's or craft supply stores, much cheaper and in more >>>> convenient containers than you get from medical supply houses. When >>>> multiple colors are needed, some people use tattoo inks (cheap, and >>>> available in numerous colors), but most use inks made specially for >>>> this purpose. I prefer the Davidson marking inks (now available from >>>> ordinary lab vendors like whatever Thermo and Cardinal are called this >>>> week. I have no commercial connection to this product.) >>>> >>>> Inks dry out and go bad if the containers aren't promptly capped after >>>> use. Pathologists tend to forget this, and the histotech who assists >>>> the pathologist should make sure that the caps are replaced. >>>> >>>> The little dye capsules are an abomination - they squirt and flood the >>>> specimen and your clothes with unwanted dye. >>>> >>>> Bob Richmond >>>> Samurai Pathologist >>>> Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
