Sarah, The costs of Ventana are high. If you have a steady workload, and/or inexperienced techs it is ok. If the stainer malfunctions, you have no way of knowing where it stopped to continue by hand. If your reagents are 1 day expired, you cannot change the computer date and continue. (I know I'm not the only person who has done this). Dako is easier to use, easier to fool, and gives more consistent results. The dates can be changed to continue usage, the system allows you to develop your own protocols if you use a different counterstain, and you will always know where the unit stops to manually continue if needed.
Hope this helps. Sincerely, Dr.Toysha N. Mayer, D.H.Sc., MBA, HT (ASCP) Instructor/Education Coordinator Program in Histotechnology School of Health Professions UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 713.563-3481 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 Message: 16 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:13:14 -0500 From: <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Automated Special Stainer... To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <34c22bb94729434598d767d3f4eb95e0e2174b0...@fwdcwpmsgcms03.hca.corpad.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Opinions on Ventana versus Dako...Go! Sarah E. Dysart, BA, HT (ASCP), QIHC (ASCP) Pathology Supervisor St. David's North Austin Medical Center 12221 North Mopac Expressway Austin, Texas 78758 (512)901-1220 ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:30:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Sue <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Automated Special Stainer... To: Sarah Dysart <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have Ventana like it but cost is high, ave no experience with new DAKO but old platform was nice ?? Sue Paturzo _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
