That is why I suggested having a rep. bring them out to demonstrate. "Sakura sells these. The grossing boards are items: 4800, 4801 and 4802. The grossing forks are 4803, 4804 and 4807.
Ask your rep for a demo." Jeanine H. Bartlett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch 404-639-3590 jeanine.bartl...@cdc.hhs.gov -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:54 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: grossing tools Jeanine H. Bartlett at the CDC notes: >>Sakura sells these. The grossing boards are items: 4800, 4801 and 4802. The >>grossing forks are 4803, 4804 and 4807. Ask your rep for a demo. http://sakura.ifuture.com/sakura.asp?ifut=1000336642970309899%2CTKWK%3E6%3D%3A5ST0 The prices of these tools are outrageous. The online catalog gives me no clue as to how they work. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN ************************************************ On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Bob Richmond <rsrichm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bruce Gapinsk HT (ASCP), Chief Histologist, Marin Medical > Laboratories, PathGroup SF asks: > >>>Histonians, I'm sure we are not the only histology lab that deals >>>with thick grossed specimens. Has anyone tried the new gross tools by >>>Sakura? Or anything else that can cut ONE nickel thick. Tired of >>>reprocessing.<< > > This grumpy old (74) pathologist would be happy to try them out, > though I can cut freehand and almost never have a block reprocessed, > but the skill eludes a lot of the young folks. Do you have a Web link > for these tools? > > The problem would be getting a lab manager to spring for them. The > Laboratory Manager's Handy-Dandy Guide to Making Life Hard for the > Pathologist (I'm sure there is such a book, though I haven't actually > seen one) specifies that grossing is a ritual requiring only a basic > set of tools. > > One lab expected me to gross with an athame and chalice. I tried to > explain to them that OSHA and the CAP would not permit me to gross > skyclad. > > (You guys know I NEVER exaggerate.) > > Bob Richmond > Samurai Pathologist > Maryville TN _______________________________________________ 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