For quality assurance and safety concerns, I would suggest moving away from the "wet ice" and go with a sealed freezing tray. We moved to the small Histo-Cool ice trays w/ tray. http://www.labstore.com/catalog/index.cfm?Category_ID=375
William DeSalvo, B.S., HTL(ASCP) > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:58:01 -0400 > From: msherw...@partners.org > To: sraib...@yahoo.com; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Flat Ice??? > CC: > > We use a styrofoam container and have no problem with it freezing flat. Are > you > containers sitting flat in the freezer? > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Raibley > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 10:52 AM > To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Flat Ice??? > > Hello! I would greatly appreciate any tips or tricks to getting ice to freeze > flat in the pan! We are tired of opening the freezer to see mountains that > have > formed in our pans overnight, making it hard to try and fit all the blocks we > need to microtome on them. We have two freezers and they both have this > problem. > Help please! Thanks! > > > Susan Bincsik, HT (ASCP) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine > at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
