Paula, We are using the KP’s at our lab too and have been noticing that they are smearing! We are having issues on our slides, since we hand write still. This just recently started happening. Maybe they changed their formula?
Kathy Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2024, at 12:01 PM, histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu wrote: > > Send Histonet mailing list submissions to > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > histonet-ow...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Marking Pen (Paula) > 2. Re: Marking Pen (Piche, Jessica) > 3. Lead Histotechnologist (Stephanie L. Thompson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:35:26 -0800 > From: "Paula" <plu...@biopath.org> > To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] Marking Pen > Message-ID: <009e01da59fc$ce13b680$6a3b2380$@biopath.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello, > > > > We have been using KP Marker Plus pens for cassettes. We have 2 Leica > Processors and 1 VIP6 processor. The cassettes that go into the VIP6 are > smeared and some are almost smeared off completely. The processors have the > same solutions in them. > > > > If anyone can shed some light as to why there is a difference, and if anyone > can recommend a better marking pen for us to try, I would appreciate the > feedback. > > > > Thank you, > > Paula > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 11:30:03 +0000 > From: "Piche, Jessica" <jessica.pi...@wtbyhosp.org> > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>, Paula <plu...@biopath.org> > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Marking Pen > Message-ID: > > <bl0pr18mb208325afff4a023b5d798eac8f...@bl0pr18mb2083.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Paula, > > What is the first solution the cassettes go in when the processor starts? We > use Statmark pens when our cassette printer isn't working, and they work > well. The only time we have had issues was when we would hand write the > cassettes and run them on our small biopsy run which skips the formalin. It > seems like the marker ink needs to "fix" with the formalin. Sometimes they > smear if they aren't dry enough before they go into formalin too. I hope you > figure it out. Maybe see if you can get some samples of different pens and > then run some empty cassettes and see what works best for you. > > Have a good day. > > Jessica > > Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP) > Waterbury Hospital Histology Laboratory > Histology Team Leader > 203-573-7167 > ________________________________ > From: Paula via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 2:35 PM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Subject: [Histonet] Marking Pen > > [EXTERNAL MSG] > > Hello, > > > > We have been using KP Marker Plus pens for cassettes. We have 2 Leica > Processors and 1 VIP6 processor. The cassettes that go into the VIP6 are > smeared and some are almost smeared off completely. The processors have the > same solutions in them. > > > > If anyone can shed some light as to why there is a difference, and if anyone > can recommend a better marking pen for us to try, I would appreciate the > feedback. > > > > Thank you, > > Paula > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.utsouthwestern.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fhistonet&data=05%7C02%7Cjessica.piche%40wtbyhosp.org%7C873b23e6f59c40f09ac508dc2813f9d3%7Cd4e8b650c4e4424481b4a11e2edb35a9%7C0%7C0%7C638429313478635896%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eiD1an%2F2n73QFobrsXKdiC2Kk8h6AE78xAtW9DIRiAM%3D&reserved=0<http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 17:19:28 +0000 > From: "Stephanie L. 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