Jean, The Bond Max is different than its main competitor in that the Bond uses the same detection kit for both IHC and ISH. One just has to buy the fluorocein reagent for the ISH method. So all you have is one reagent to worry about expiring rather than an entire detection system. Other instruments (they know who they are) require you to buy an entire separate detection system to do ISH and so if your volumes for ISH are low, you will waste a lot of money in expired kits. Cheers. Greg
Greg Dobbin, R.T. Chief Technologist, Anatomic Pathology Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 6600 Charlottetown, PE C1A 8T5 Phone: (902) 894-2337 Fax: (902) 894-2385 "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson >>> "Taylor, Jean" <jtay...@meriter.com> 2/2/2009 1:50:41 PM >>> Hi everyone, I am currently in the process of evaluating IHC equipment to replace my old Dako Autostainers. The pathologists I work for are interested in bringing ISH into our lab. My questions are, what IHC instrument have you found works the best for IHC and ISH, and what kind of training did your personnel go through to become qualified to perform ISH? Thank you! Jean Taylor, HT(ASCP)QIHC ICH Tech Meriter Labs Madison, WI _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. D?claration de confidentialit? Le pr?sent message (y compris les annexes) peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels ? l'intention d'une personne ou d'un organisme particulier. Si vous avez re?u la pr?sente communication par erreur, veuillez en informer l'exp?diteur imm?diatement. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire pr?vu, vous n'avez pas le droit d'utiliser, divulguer, distribuer, copier ou imprimer ce courriel ou encore de vous en servir, et vous devriez l'effacer imm?diatement de votre syst?me informatique. ------------------------- _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
