We have used the General Data cassette printers for 6 plus years now, both 1 and 2 D barcodes. We have both the 12 hopper (magazine) and single hoper printers. The single hoppers are faster but require manual change of hoppers if you are using different colored cassettes. The quality of the print is excellent, reliable on scanning and can withstand a lot of punishment, believe me we tried. You must have the under counter space for the Hepa filter.
Babiker Bedri MGH Pathology Boston, MA -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:02 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Histonet Digest, Vol 102, Issue 1 Send Histonet mailing list submissions to histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu You can reach the person managing the list at histonet-ow...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. blocks processed in plastic (Nancy Schmitt) 2. RE: blocks processed in plastic (Jack Ratliff) 3. Cassette printer comparison (Morken, Timothy) 4. RE: Cassette printer comparison (Davide Costanzo) 5. Productivity Reports (Scott, Allison D) 6. Re: Productivity Reports (Rene J Buesa) 7. Part Time MOHS Tech Needed ASAP (Melissa Phelan) 8. Re: Productivity Reports (Marcia Funk) 9. RE: Productivity Reports (Morken, Timothy) 10. RE: Productivity ReportsMarcia Funk (Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF) 11. Frozen brains on cryostat (Andrea Ferullo (non-Celgene)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:04:22 +0000 From: Nancy Schmitt <nancy_schm...@pa-ucl.com> Subject: [Histonet] blocks processed in plastic To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <906b4da90ed1db4db6c7e94d7cee6c36dee...@peitha.wad.pa-ucl.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Histonetters- Is there a special blade or angle or directions required for cutting plastic blocks? As always - Thanks for your help Nancy NOTICE: This email may contain legally privileged information. The information is for the use of only the intended recipient(s) even if addressed incorrectly. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender that you have received it in error and then delete it along with any attachments. Thank you. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:43:18 -0400 From: Jack Ratliff <ratliffj...@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [Histonet] blocks processed in plastic To: <nancy_schm...@pa-ucl.com>, Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <blu167-w4515640accac63d4a5bddbae...@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Nancy! What type of plastic blocks are you wanting to cut? May I also ask what type of specimens are contained within the blocks. Without much information on what specifically you are working with you are looking at needing diamond knives, tungsten-carbide knives, or diamond impregnated wire, band saw blades, or disc wheels. Best, Jack Jack Ratliff Senior Histologist, BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Chairman, Hard Tissue Committee - National Society for Histotechnology > From: nancy_schm...@pa-ucl.com > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:04:22 +0000 > Subject: [Histonet] blocks processed in plastic > > Hi Histonetters- > Is there a special blade or angle or directions required for cutting plastic > blocks? > As always - Thanks for your help > Nancy > > > > NOTICE: This email may contain legally privileged information. The information > is for the use of only the intended recipient(s) even if addressed > incorrectly. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender > that you have received it in error and then delete it along with any > attachments. Thank you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:18:46 -0700 From: "Morken, Timothy" <timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org> Subject: [Histonet] Cassette printer comparison To: Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <8d7c2d242dbd45498006b21122072bf8b477e...@mcinfrwem003.ucsfmedicalcenter.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, We are looking at cassette printers and have narrowed to three. The printers will be used for 2D code printing so I am wondering what experience anyone has had with reliability of 2D code readability and durability with the output of these three printers Thermo Printmate General Data Leica IP-C Thanks for any info you can give! Tim Morken Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 1656 Room S570 San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 353-1266 (ph) (415) 514-3403 (fax) tim.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:09:17 -0700 From: Davide Costanzo <pathloc...@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Cassette printer comparison To: "Morken, Timothy" <timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org>, Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <-3998100205982320642@unknownmsgid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The General Data is nice, but takes up space with its vacuum canister, which they rarely show in pictures. Be sure you see it and make certain it will fit in the space you have. Cassettes are more costly as they are all pre-printed with black facing, but look great. Thermo is less bulky (no vacuum and waste container to clean) but produces a lower quality print. Cassettes are much cheaper, but they have had some troubles with the print head not lasting long. The Leica is not much better (if at all) than the Thermo with respect to print quality. It also constantly jams (the ones I have used). Personally, I would choose the General Data. Costs more in the long term with pricey cassettes, but looks great! Less troubles with barcode scanning too. There is no comparison between this and the other two. Like a Kia vs a Bentley. I just bought the Thermo, and only because my lab is a Thermo Showcase lab and that is all we use, across the board. I wish I could have the General Data unit. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Morken, Timothy Sent: 4/30/2012 12:19 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Cassette printer comparison Hi all, We are looking at cassette printers and have narrowed to three. The printers will be used for 2D code printing so I am wondering what experience anyone has had with reliability of 2D code readability and durability with the output of these three printers Thermo Printmate General Data Leica IP-C Thanks for any info you can give! Tim Morken Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 1656 Room S570 San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 353-1266 (ph) (415) 514-3403 (fax) tim.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:24:41 +0000 From: "Scott, Allison D" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Productivity Reports To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <fa607dc3d1ed7c46a9546820a3eb877f198...@lbmsg02.hchd.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello to all in histoland. Does any one have to do productivity reports for their boss. If so, what are you using for your unit of measure to say if your techs are being productive. My boss is really into the numbers, graphs and charts. I have a my techs fill out a workload recording form. I really don't know where to begin trying to pull data from it for a report. If anyone has any insight to this and has a report that they would be willing to share, I would be eternally grateful. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system. To the extent the information in this e-mail and any attachments contain protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), PL 104-191; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164; or Chapter 181, Texas Health and Safety Code, it is confidential and/or privileged. This e-mail may also be confidential and/or privileged under Texas law. The e-mail is for the use of only the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or any authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and its attachments is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 04:53:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Rene J Buesa <rjbu...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Productivity Reports To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>, Allison DScott <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> Message-ID: <1335873208.39081.yahoomailclas...@web162105.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Productivity figures are fundamental to justify the staff you have or the one you will need if a work growth is expected or planned by your director. There are many ways of figuring out productivity and not all tasks can be measured in the same way. For instance: 1- FS productivity ought to be measured in the time (minutes) elapsing between the moment the specimen reached the FS area and the moment the histotech (HT)?delivers to the pathologist (PT) the slides ready to read. By the way, this is the only task that CAP has developed a productivity standard and it is 20 minutes and the PT has to justify if any FS takes more than the required?20 minutes. As to the HT, the average productivity if 15 minutes. 2- For the lab supervisor, two productivity indices are casted blocks per hour, while embedding or blocks per hour while sectioning, and the list can be expanded to other tasks where the work unit is the block. 3- all in all, the Canadian model of measuring productivity, that I have included in my calculations, refers to the number of blocks (or cases in other occasions) divided by the?total time it elapses between the moment the case is received at the lab. until the diagnosis is sent to the physician. That would be the Total Gross Work flow productivity. ? There are many ways but what is absolutely certain is that if you want to have a grasp of your lab and staff and control their activities, as well as analyze the whole operation to improve the work flow, you need to determine productivity. There are always those that, with reason, argue that excessive productivity can "damage" quality. The argument seems to be correct in general but in no way it can deter trying to be as productive as possible and maintain quality. There should be no compromises either way. An "ideal" quality cannot affect productivity, and viceversa. Under separate cover I am sending 2 works I published on this issue. You should show them to your boss and let him/her select which productivity indices s/he prefers. Ren? J. --- On Mon, 4/30/12, Scott, Allison D <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> wrote: From: Scott, Allison D <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Productivity Reports To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 5:24 PM Hello to all in histoland.? Does any one have to do productivity reports for their boss.? If so, what are you using for your unit of measure to say if your techs are being productive.? My boss is really into the numbers, graphs and charts.? I have a my techs fill out a workload recording form.? I really don't know where to begin trying to pull data from it for a report.? If anyone has any insight to this and has a report that they would be willing to share, I would be eternally grateful. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system. To the extent the information in this e-mail and any attachments contain protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), PL 104-191; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164; or Chapter 181, Texas Health and Safety Code, it is confidential and/or privileged.? This e-mail may also be confidential and/or privileged under Texas law.? The e-mail is for the use of only the individual or entity named above.? If you are not the intended recipient, or any authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and its attachments is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 09:42:25 -0400 From: Melissa Phelan <meli...@alliedsearchpartners.com> Subject: [Histonet] Part Time MOHS Tech Needed ASAP To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <cbc56081.15d79%meli...@alliedsearchpartners.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Allied Search Partners is working with a small laboratory who is in need of a Part Time MOHS Histotech. This position is an immediate need. We are looking for someone who has experience in doing MOHS Histology. To apply: Please send resume to meli...@alliedsearchpartners.com or fax to 888 388 7572. Please note: No other information is disclosed about the organization until we receive your resume for review. All qualified applicants will be contacted with further information prior to an interview being scheduled for the position. Thank you! Location(s): Mt. Pleasant, WI 3 or 4 days per week and 1?2 a Day in Franklin, WI Schedule: Monday-Friday Part Time Hours. This position has the potential to become a full time position. Travel: Majority of the work is in Mt. Pleasant, WI area and 1?2 a Day in Franklin, WI area. Requirements: Ability to travel between two locations on one day per week MOHS Histology Experience Melissa Phelan LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaphelan President, Laboratory Staffing Allied Search Partners P: 888.388.7571 F: 888.388.7572 M: 407.697.1175 www.alliedsearchpartners.com <http://www.alliedsearchpartners.com/> ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 11:44:06 -0400 From: "Marcia Funk" <fu...@mercyhealth.com> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Productivity Reports To: "Allison D Scott" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu>, "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <4f9fbe76020000ac00010...@nodcdmg2.no.trinity-health.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Scott, I'm in the same process you are going through. Please share with me if you receive feedback. Thanks Marcia Marcia Funk Histology Laboratory Mercy Medical Center North Iowa Mason City, IA, 50401 641-428-7907 >>> "Scott, Allison D" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> 04/30/2012 4:24 PM >>> Hello to all in histoland. Does any one have to do productivity reports for their boss. If so, what are you using for your unit of measure to say if your techs are being productive. My boss is really into the numbers, graphs and charts. I have a my techs fill out a workload recording form. I really don't know where to begin trying to pull data from it for a report. If anyone has any insight to this and has a report that they would be willing to share, I would be eternally grateful. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system. To the extent the information in this e-mail and any attachments contain protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), PL 104-191; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164; or Chapter 181, Texas Health and Safety Code, it is confidential and/or privileged. This e-mail may also be confidential and/or privileged under Texas law. The e-mail is for the use of only the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or any authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and its attachments is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:01:24 -0700 From: "Morken, Timothy" <timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Productivity Reports To: "Marcia Funk" <fu...@mercyhealth.com>, "Allison D Scott" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu>, "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <8d7c2d242dbd45498006b21122072bf8b477e...@mcinfrwem003.ucsfmedicalcenter.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii One issue to consider is that you need to find a way to compare apples to apples. Generally that means doing workload by comparing identical shifts with identical work practice, or doing your workload recording in small increments so you are only measuring one task at a time. For instance, while several people may be scheduled to "section" they may also be assigned additional work like changing processors, backing up special stains, doing the daily rush biopsies, doing some data entry. Along with all that the "sectioning" should be the same kinds of cases - bx vs bx, etc. All those can skew the "sectioning" totals in various ways. You need to "normalize" the counts so they are all measuring the same work in the same way. Tim Morken -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Marcia Funk Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:44 AM To: Allison D Scott; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Productivity Reports Scott, I'm in the same process you are going through. Please share with me if you receive feedback. Thanks Marcia Marcia Funk Histology Laboratory Mercy Medical Center North Iowa Mason City, IA, 50401 641-428-7907 >>> "Scott, Allison D" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> 04/30/2012 4:24 PM >>> >>> Hello to all in histoland. Does any one have to do productivity reports for their boss. If so, what are you using for your unit of measure to say if your techs are being productive. My boss is really into the numbers, graphs and charts. I have a my techs fill out a workload recording form. I really don't know where to begin trying to pull data from it for a report. If anyone has any insight to this and has a report that they would be willing to share, I would be eternally grateful. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system. To the extent the information in this e-mail and any attachments contain protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), PL 104-191; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164; or Chapter 181, Texas Health and Safety Code, it is confidential and/or privileged. This e-mail may also be confidential and/or privileged under Texas law. The e-mail is for the use of only the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or any authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and its attachments is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:20:05 -0700 From: "Heckford, Karen - SMMC-SF" <karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Productivity ReportsMarcia Funk To: "'Morken, Timothy'" <timothy.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org>, Marcia Funk <fu...@mercyhealth.com>, Allison D Scott <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu>, "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <3328693c43a557458850cc37ce16cd1877954...@chw-msg-829.chw.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have been battling this for years they gives us RVU's for each task. What a headache. The problem I run into is they only see per specimen. If I have a specimen that has 30 cassettes it does not matter it is treated the same as one cassette per specimen. Not to mention the doctors will hold cases for the next day or two and then one day I get slammed with a 120 cassettes and only have maybe 30-40 specimens from the regular surgical from the day before. You have to make them realize that this it is just not as cut and dry as it looks. I do not like when they just look at the numbers and graphs and not the real workload. I am the Chief Cook and bottle washer here and they still get on me about productivity. I agree with Tim on the labs doing things differently and different specimens so it is hard to compare. I feel your pain. Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE Lead Histology Technician St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, Ca. 94117 415-668-1000 ext. 6167 karen.heckf...@dignityhealth.org Caution: This email message, including all content and attachments, is CONFIDENTIAL and may be of a nature that is LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. The information contained in this email message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you have received this document in error. Any further review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply email. Thank you." -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:01 AM To: Marcia Funk; Allison D Scott; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Productivity ReportsMarcia Funk One issue to consider is that you need to find a way to compare apples to apples. Generally that means doing workload by comparing identical shifts with identical work practice, or doing your workload recording in small increments so you are only measuring one task at a time. For instance, while several people may be scheduled to "section" they may also be assigned additional work like changing processors, backing up special stains, doing the daily rush biopsies, doing some data entry. Along with all that the "sectioning" should be the same kinds of cases - bx vs bx, etc. All those can skew the "sectioning" totals in various ways. You need to "normalize" the counts so they are all measuring the same work in the same way. Tim Morken -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Marcia Funk Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:44 AM To: Allison D Scott; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Productivity Reports Scott, I'm in the same process you are going through. Please share with me if you receive feedback. Thanks Marcia Marcia Funk Histology Laboratory Mercy Medical Center North Iowa Mason City, IA, 50401 641-428-7907 >>> "Scott, Allison D" <allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu> 04/30/2012 4:24 PM >>> >>> Hello to all in histoland. Does any one have to do productivity reports for their boss. If so, what are you using for your unit of measure to say if your techs are being productive. My boss is really into the numbers, graphs and charts. I have a my techs fill out a workload recording form. I really don't know where to begin trying to pull data from it for a report. If anyone has any insight to this and has a report that they would be willing to share, I would be eternally grateful. Allison Scott HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor LBJ Hospital CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system. To the extent the information in this e-mail and any attachments contain protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), PL 104-191; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164; or Chapter 181, Texas Health and Safety Code, it is confidential and/or privileged. This e-mail may also be confidential and/or privileged under Texas law. The e-mail is for the use of only the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or any authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and its attachments is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 12:53:13 -0400 From: "Andrea Ferullo (non-Celgene)" <aferu...@celgene.com> Subject: [Histonet] Frozen brains on cryostat To: "Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <24701b0ef4127f4fa262751aa9674eea029fe97ed...@sumexprdmb03.celgene.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello everyone, I recently received rat brain samples that were frozen in liquid nitrogen and embedded in OCT. I sectioned them on the cryostat and they are coming out very wrinkled, no matter what technique I use to pick them up. I would appreciate any tips/tricks that anyone has to offer. Forebrain sections are ok, but mid, hind-brain, and cerebellum are giving me a very hard time. Thanks and I look forward to your advice. Andrea ********************************************************* THIS ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENT IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY CONTAIN LEGALLY PRIVILEGED INFORMATION INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS NAMED ABOVE. If the reader is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender to notify us of the error and delete the original message. 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