Do you have experience using the PELCO Biowave? Are you proficient at using
TEM and specimen prep techniques for TEM? Do you have some Histology
experience? What about Cryo-EM? and Immuno EM? If you can answer yes to all
or most of these, you may be me my 'Needle in a Haystack' and I would love
Jessica,
We did this successfully. At one time, our cassette printers (Leica IPC) were
not interfaced either, but we were able to use Leica's software and enter the
cassette identifiers, and that information was able to be saved in the
bar-code, which also printed on the cassette. Patient
Hi Jessica,
Slide writers don't have to be linked to a LIS but without that you really
don't save any time. All the information will be typed in manually.
On the plus side-you don't have to worry about trying to read someone's hand
writing if you use a slide writer.
Sincerely,
Paula
Jessica,
What has Leica said about the problem? I have always found them to be
responsive and able to provide suggestions. This would be especially true with
a new instrument, still under warranty. We have never had any inconsistencies
with our Autocut, which was purchased last spring.
Toni
Hi Jessica,
Happy Friday.
Do you use the same EM-400 paraffin for processing? If you use different
paraffins that might contribute to your sectioning problems.
If the waxes are different the tissue and the rest of the block are not one
continuous unit in the "eyes" of the knife. The
Good Morning,
We have been using Leica Histocore Autocut microtomes for a few months and have
been having inconsistency with cutting on them. We have tried so many different
blades, high and low, and have tried changing the blade angle. Nothing is a
perfect fix, and we feel like we are really
Good Morning,
Happy Friday Everyone.
I was wondering what people are using/recommending for slide printers at the
microtome? Do they all have to be connected to an LIS?
Thank you,
Jessica
Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP)
Histology Team Leader
Waterbury Hospital Histology Laboratory
