We have used both and prefer the Dao hands down. They are responsive if you
have questions and very good staining. We don't need to clean t after each run
as it is all self contained and easy to use.
Pam
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Good Morning,
We are looking for an automatic stainer for special stains. Ventana vs Dako?
Thoughts?
Thanks for any input, Janice Mitchell
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Have not tried the Ventana but we are very happy with the Dako.
Jeanine H. Sanders, BS HT(ASCP), QIHC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
1600 Clifton Road, NE
MS/G-32
Atlanta, Ga 30333
404-639-3590
j...@cdc.gov
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Leica doesn't make a Special Stain unit.
Donna Willis, HT/HTL(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Manager
Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Ave|Dallas, Texas 75246
214-820-2465 office|214-725-6184 mobile
BaylorScottandWhite.com
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DAKO wins hands-down, without any reservation
Ronnie Houston, MS HT(ASCP)QIHC FIBMS
Anatomic Pathology Manager
ChildLab, a Division of Nationwide Children's Hospital
www.childlab.com
700 Children's Drive
Columbus, OH 43205
(P) 614-722-5450
(F) 614-722-2899
ronald.hous...@nationwidechildrens.org
We have a pair of each of these in our lab right now on demo (only until I can
get the paperwork signed later this week). Dako takes it hands down!
Thanks,
Brian Cooper, HT (ASCP)
Histology Supervisor,
Path Lab Medicine
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
Sent from my Galaxy S3, so please
They have the ST5020 Multistainer which has the capacity to use some of the
reagent wells to do specials as well as HE's but it is not a dedicated special
stain instrument.
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Hazel is correct if you use the pure ethanol the paperwork is horrible and the
limits on what should be in the lab are very low for a normal Histology Lab.
Reagent alcohol is the best way to go as it has methanol and isopropanol in it
so it is undrinkable and therefore not under the same ATF
I recommend Leica.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
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Oops - I had IHC on the brain and didn't pay close attention!
Leica does not have a dedicated special stainer - but they have a multistainer
which stains specials as well as HE. Is too slow in a busy lab tho.
I very much recommend the DAKO Artisan..
It is Monday on Tuesday... right?
Joyce
We use our Leica HE stainer for PAS only as it is the fastest way we have
found to get 30 to 40 bone marrow PAS slides out before 6:30AM every morning.
Otherwise it was just too cumbersome and the Dako does a great job on all
routine stains. We only do the neuro stains and Copper by hand now.
The issue is of isoprpanol and/or methanol is really not the point. The ATF
requires the alcohol to be unfit for human consumption so either or both of
these solutions in ethanol will render it dangerous and undrinkable. If you do
not have one or both of these in the ethanol it is taxed and
Anybody using Decon HydeAway for neutralization of 10% NBF. If so what are
your experiences and do you dispose of the product (gel) into your solid
biological waste for disposal?
In the past I have used Formalex or Formalex Green. This material looks
cheaper but cheaper is not always better
American Mastertech Scientific makes Reagent Alcohol with just ethanol and
isopropanol.
Esther C. Peters, Ph.D.
Term Associate Professor
Environmental Science Policy
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MS 5F2
Fairfax, VA 22030-
Office: David King Hall, Room 3050
Phone:
I have the Leica multistainer. We use it for H E staining only. When we
attempted to set it up for Special Stains, all of the silver stains had to be
made up either each run or each day. Too much hassle.
Jeff Robinson, HT, HTL
Sierra Pathology Lab, Clovis, CA
From: Montana, Maria
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 1:50 PM
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Subject: Iron control tissue or blocks
Hi, Histoneters,
I was wondering if anyone out there has some good Fe control tissue or blocks
that you would be willing
We previously had the Ventana Nexus which was excellent, preferred it greatly
over Dako but now we moved to the Ventana Benchmark Special Stainer and it has
been nothing but trouble. I honestly at this point would not recommend the
Benchmark. It needs improvement.
Blake Taylor
Surgical
Looking for protocol to use on Ventana Ultra for TIA-1. Thanks in advance.
Rae Staskiewicz
UnityPoint Health Methodist, Peoria
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Jim,
We have used the HydeAway powder for several years now. We use it to
neutralize tissue before disposing. Once the formalin gels the container is
disposed of in a biohazard bag. In our experience, if there is anything other
than formalin in the container (Our Dr's use Disect Aid for
Thank you everyone, I now have the manual. Amazing response time!
Toni
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Thank you!
Michael Ann
On 1/20/15, 12:21 PM, Morken, Timothy timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu wrote:
We use Sensaphone for our older VIP5 tissue processors, Leica online
system for the Peloris processors and Awarepoint for
refrigerators/freezers.
Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy
I must agree with Blake on the BM Special Stainer. I have had one for over a
year and have had many problems with it especially trying to run bone marrow
retics. Ventana claims a software upgrade will be out in the 2nd quarter so I
hope to see improvement. Currently, I still use the old Nexes
Hi all,
I was wondering - a little while ago there was mention on the blog of equipment
(processors) being monitored and alerting the 'manager' if they went down. I'm
sorry I cannot remember what system this was. What do you all use?
Also, what temperature control monitor is everyone using? Ours
Our hospital's building automation takes care of this for us. If the tissue
processor, freezer, etc. goes into alarm, they call me.
Hazel Horn
Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Transcription
Anatomic Pathology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's Way | Slot 820| Little Rock, AR 72202
I'm looking for a copy of a User's Manual for our VIP 5. If anyone has one that
they could send it would be greatly appreciated!
Toni
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At the time we were looking to buy our first ss instrument we were very
interested in the Nexes but they did not have a Gram protocol at the time. We
went with the Dako Artisan because of this and have had good success with it.
Jeanine H. Sanders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
We use Sensaphone for our older VIP5 tissue processors, Leica online system for
the Peloris processors and Awarepoint for refrigerators/freezers.
Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies
UC San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
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