We have the Printmate coming on board and have used the slide mate. The Printmate is excellent, the slide mate is good but if you have it connected to LIS there is lag time. Also take into consideration that the barcodes have to be read and that traditional scrapping does hinder this. You will need to look at getting a hot plate for the blocks so that the read is clear, clean and concise. Also the color will play in issue. AS mike said there are different vendors out there, but for me for space and accuracy, since every histology labs has space, I would go with looking at thermo or General Data. If you have any questions feel free to give me a call.
Jesus Ellin HT/PA ASCP Yuma Regional Medical Center 928-336-1743 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Mihalik Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:48 AM To: 'Sharon.Davis-Devine'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Histonet] Thermo Slide and Cassette printers Hi Sharon, We're an LIS vendor working with a client that just purchased 6 of these. They're 30 days away from go live, but we've played with them for a bit. If you or anyone else is curious about what our experiences have been, feel free to email me. We also trialed cassette labelers from several other companies before our client selected these labelers. Michael Mihalik PathView Systems | cell: 214.733.7688 | 800.798.3540 | fax: 952.241.7369 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharon.Davis-Devine Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Histonet] Thermo Slide and Cassette printers Does anyone out there in Histo land have any experience with the new Thermo Scientific PrintMate and SlideMate system? Or do any of you have another system similar to this that you have experience with? We are looking into some of these systems to help reduce errors and make our laboratory more lean. I would appreciate any and all opinions and advice. Thank you. Sharon Davis-Devine, CT (ASCP) Cytology-Histology Supervisor Carle Foundation Hospital Laboratory and Pathology Services 611 West Park Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 217-383-3572 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ______________________________________________________________________ This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the e-mail, fax, address, or telephone number listed above and delete this e-mail from your computer. Thank You. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
