I agree with Jennifer - Just another recommendation for BioCare and their
reagents. They are a super company to work with and have excellent quality and
quality control on their reagents.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon
We used to get almost all of our IHC reagents from DAKO, but when they fully
merged with Agilent their prices went up exponentially. We changed to Biocare
Medical and have found that almost all of their reagents work better than
DAKO's did. Some of our antibodies had to be diluted out more,
We have the same issue from time to time on our Ultra, our vortex mixers
seem to clog after about 3-4 months of use. The engineer comes in,
unclogs them and everything is good for another 3-4 months. They have
never really been able to figure it out why they clog but, but
thankfully the service is
While at my previous company, we switched to all Sanyo products because
we found them superior to others. They also have the best customer
service, at least here in Wisconsin. Do not buy Norlake or So-Low
Kris Olsen
Histology Manager
-Original Message-
From:
Dear Lucie
We're buying a new -80 freezer soon. The word I got from those with
experience is:
So-Low is not so good.
REVCO (the we are replacing) once was good but has declined in quality
(along with GM et al, apparently)
Forma is the one we're buying. NOTE: the high end model requires
I always used Revco freezers with any problems.
René J.
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Lucie Guernsey lucie.s.guern...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Lucie Guernsey lucie.s.guern...@gmail.com
Subject: [Histonet] Ultra-Low Temp. Upright Freezer
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Thursday, September 17,
We have 20 freezers. The preference here by the tissue bank staff is the
Sanyo VIP(MDF-U473 VC). Though it warms faster, the recovery time is also
faster than the other ones (Revco,Kelvinator etc. The staff also note that
it holds more than due to the thinner liner. WE also have an electronic lock
