As many of you may or may not know, the Histobath countertop freezing bath has been discontinued by Thermo (formerly known as Thermo-Shandon, Shandon-Lipshaw, etc.). I was told that the freon that is used to allow the unit to cool to -60 is no longer allowed by the EPA to be used in ultra low refrigeration units. I know there is a floor model, the Clini-RF, at brightinstruments.com which uses a two types of freon in isolated side by side systems, but it is a rather large unit (20"D x 18"W x 40"H). Our frozen section room, as are most, is a small room with very limited space. Therefore, have any of you found a solution for a countertop model (i.e. 19"D x 9"W x 15"H)freezing bath to be used in frozen section rooms? I appreciate the help.
Thanks, Matthew Bingham, PA(ASCP)CMAnatomic Pathology Supervisor Phoenix Children's Hospital Department of Pathology 1919 E. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85016 phone: 602-546-1318 fax: 602-546-1284 email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
