Desperately trying to salvage something positive out of this justifiably acrimonious thread...may I suggest the following blade conservation strategy, that though perhaps well-known, hasn't come up in this discussion yet.
By using one blade as a trimming blade, the 'edge' on the next blade will be conserved for actual sectioning. Similarly, when cutting levels, one-half of a blade can be used for rough trimming, then the same blade pushed across into the cutting zone for the actual sectioning. Also, if during trimming a hard/calcified/stapled section is found, perform microtomy on that block last, after trying to minimize the negative effects on cutting. Perhaps by conserving blades in these and other ways, some cost-savings can be found for the penny-wise manager! Hope this helps, Eric Gagnon MLT Histology Laboratory Kingston General Hospital Kingston, Ontario, Canada >I work in a hospital, there are three of us on this particular shift and we >cut approx. 200 blocks, give or take a few. Our histo lab manager is telling >us we should only be using one pack of blades (50 per pack) a month. I'm >wondering what other techs think of this especially lab managers and >supervisors. tmoor...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
