Sorry, no help here. We have lab assistants that manually coverslip and excellent ventilation in our newer facility. It is the position of the director that a lab assistant is cheaper than an automated instrument! Go figure! Sheila Haas Laboratory Supervisor MicroPath Laboratories, Inc.
________________________________ From: "Gagnon, Eric" <gagn...@kgh.kari.net> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 12:24:21 PM Subject: [Histonet] Manual Coverslipping Safety Issues Has anyone successfully lobbied their institution for an automated coverslipper for safety reasons? Still coverslipping manually-stained IHC, neuro autopsy and special stains, sometimes hundreds per day. There has to be a better way. Under budget constraints. That's why I'm wondering if anyone has used concerns about histology staff safety, specifically techs under direct exposure to toluene/xylene, to enable purchase of an automated/robot coverslipper. I'd be interested in anyone's experience with this approach, successfully or unsuccessfully. Eric Gagnon MLT Histology Laboratory Kingston General Hospital Kingston, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ 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
