Lauren Sweeney at the University of Georgia asks: >>Blades for grossing tissues- anyone have recommendations? The vendor that we were purchasing just straight razor blades from has stopped manufacturing them. We don't use scalpels because of their higher cost and we are only working with poultry samples.<<
I just Googled "single edge razor blades" and they're still available from a number of sources. I've done hospital pathology grossing with them, though not in the last 40 years, and found them extremely satisfactory - in fact, I prefer them to scalpel blades. I've been shaving my face since 1951, and have never heard of anybody actually using them to shave with. Bob Richmond gray bearded samurai pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
