I think a few people might find this interesting
I recently attended a class about Competency Assessments in the lab. The class
was given by Ken Byrd (fairly certain that is how you spell his name), a Senior
Inspector at CAP. When this particular question came up, I asked him to give
Hello,
Can anyone provide any additional information regarding microtome aligners?
Do they work? I have never used or seen this particular tool, so which brand
works
best? I know of only one company that sells a microtome aligner (universal
type).
Any information any one can provide will be
They do work. I saw one at NSH some years ago and came home and had the guys in
our shop make one for me exactly like the one I saw and it cost next to
nothing. We bought the little round level at home depot.
Andi
Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP)
Senior Research Specialist
University of Arizona
Yes, that is interesting considering that competencies are some of the
primary documents that the Joint Commission inspectors ask for every time. And
JC is under the same rules as CAP. So what is CAP's deal?
BTW, What was this class focused on? Not histology? Clincal lab, cytology?
Curious.
Yikes. There is a lot of play getting that bubble in the middle of the
universal aligner that may translate to large variations in alignment each
time the thing is used. The high cost is probably for the clamp, but if the
bubble level is worth $1.50 the quality of the clamp doesn't matter.
I used an even cheaper version of the aligner. My microtome service
engineer suggested an L level or a T level that you can buy at Home
Depot. The L looks just like an L, it is actually a right angle measuring
device, used to make sure the corners or something are straight at 90
degrees.
You
Yes you can certainly align the old fashioned way easy enough, but I find these
are very handy and do save some time.
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
From: algra...@email.arizona.edu
CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:14:16 +
Subject: Re: [Histonet]
We recently found out that our equipment repair tech has retired. For our PM's
and small repairs of our non contracted lab equipment we have used a local
company for years. Sad to see him go. Does any one have any other local medical
lab equipment techs/companies out in AZ (Phoenix) they would
Hi,
I am desperately looking for an answer to my problem in perfusion procedure.
What is my problem?
To explain that I thought first I may clear what is my usual routin.
I used to perfuse rat's brain through this procedure:
1- Anesthetise animal with sufficient amount of pentobarbital.
2-
RE: Microtome Aligners
Maria,
Those microtome aligners will only be helpful in aligning all your microtomes
to the same angle. They do not help you find the optimal angle.
Donna L. Suresch
Senior Imaging Research Scientist
Merck Research Laboratories
Department of Imaging - West Point Campus
We now have a no-xylene method start to finish
We have a Midea (Mei Di) 800W manual dial microwave oven
that we have rigged with a K-type metal shielded thermocouple
that goes in through a slightly enlarged vent hole in the internal
guide housing. The internal length of the thermocouple wire is
We also de-wax slides in a similar way as the procedure listed below. We also
use a waterbath and dish soap (Dawn)/rinse agent method. (Rinse agent (Cascade)
helps with water tension.) The key is water temp. it has to be over 90 C in
order for it to work. Obviously if you de-wax non-chemical
We used Dawn until we ran out. Dawn can work. It is hard to get here.
We used calgon with the dawn because the water is so hard.
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Hi Histonetters,
We are looking to other labs for information and suggestions for formalin
neutralization. What products do you use and do they work effectively?
Thanks for your input!!
Tiana Baskin
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