Thanks everyone for the suggestions..it's appearing that it was a bad lot of blades. We switched to a new lot and there has been a noticeable improvement. We are giving it a day or two to be sure it wasn't a combination of problems but hopefully we will get beautiful sections once again!
Clare Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Assistant Histology Supervisor Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services 417 State Street, Suite 540 Bangor, ME 04401 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Marcum, Pamela A [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:40 AM To: '[email protected]'; [email protected]; Clare Thornton; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Histonet] streaks They were using AccuEdge here for years and we changed to the Thermo MX35 Premier 3 years ago with no issues. In fact everyone was very upset for about a month and then they did not want to change back. So, it really depends on the knife and as I was told after using them for month they could not tell a difference. If you went back with a pack of AccuEdge, they were just as happy to stay with the Premier blade. I started with the steel knives almost 47 years ago and have seen so many changes and improvements in knives that I have learned to try something new and see rather than buy by brand or habit only. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not however; you never know till you give it a good try. Pam Marcum UAMS Histology Supervisor -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:05 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Histonet] streaks Many vendors are pushing different blades...but the only blade that is superior is the Accu-edge. If you are using any other you will very likely get inferior sections. That is 30 years of experience using Accu-edge blades always trying others and always going back to the best. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sheila Fonner Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:34 PM To: [email protected]; Histonet Subject: [Histonet] streaks Hi Claire, I may be grasping at straws here, but I went to an NSH workshop once where this very question was posed. You won't believe what the cause was. They had a bad lot of blades. The whole lot was nicked, so changing to a new knife or a new box of knives did not help the problem. Changing the lot did the trick. I don't know if this is your problem or not, but I thought it was very interesting. Sheila HT (ASCP) Knoxville, TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
