Hi: Have you considered the possibility that there is something wrong with the microtome? Sadly equipment that is "inherited" can have issues.
Perhaps a good cleaning is in order - By the way, what the make/model of the tome? I have a couple of B&L's that are available for a trade --;-) Later - Mike Rio Grande Biological Albuquerque, NM 87106 On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 11:10 -0500, Sharon.Davis-Devine wrote: > I have another question for all of you experts out there. We have a brand > new microtome that we inherited from another laboratory. It is a retracting > microtome whereas all of the other microtomes in our laboratory are not. None > of our techs like this new microtome and find it difficult to use. My > question to you as a group is, do many of you have retracting microtomes in > your laboratory? If so, do you insist that techs in your laboratory learn to > use this type of microtome even if they do not feel comfortable using it? > > The reason I ask is that I want to replace it with an older model which is > non-retracting and management is insisting that since we already have it here > our techs just need to learn how to use it. We have students rotating thru > the rotations and often have to use different microtomes, I am worried that > if we have one outlier microtome which operates differently specimens could > be compromised. I welcome all your thoughts and opinions. > > Sharon Davis-Devine, CT (ASCP) > Cytology-Histology Supervisor > Carle Foundation Hospital > Laboratory and Pathology Services > 611 West Park Street > Urbana, Illinois 61801 > 217-383-3572 > sharon.davis-dev...@carle.com > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
