Glass or film coverslips are fine, but you have to make sure they are clean, no excess mounting media, or bubbles. The scanners pick up a lot of extra things you don't want scanned. Also, check with your pathologists to see if they have an opinion one way or another about which coverslips they prefer.
*Haley Huggins, HT (ASCP)cm* *Technical Lab Supervisor* *1050 Las Tablas Rd, Suite 14* *Templeton, CA 93465* *Office: 877-230-1518* *Cell: 303-652-7453* On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Alexis Templeton via Histonet < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi All! > > My lab is considering moving up in the world of technology. The goal is > to start scanning slides for pathologists to read digitally. We are a > relatively high throughput lab and I'm trying to figure out what we need in > terms of an automatic coverslipper to avoid drying time. We currently > still coverslip by hand and I'm assuming there would be too much wet glue > to place the slides directly in a scanner. Tips and recommendations, > please! > > Alexis Templeton, HT (ASCP)CM > Diagnostic Laboratory Supervisor > Histopathology > Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory > P.O. Drawer 3040 | College Station, TX 77841-3040 > p: (979) 845-3414 | f: (979) 845-1794 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://tvmdl.tamu.edu<http://tvmdl.tamu.edu/> > > We Moved! Effective February 27, 2017 our physical (shipping) address is > 483 Agronomy Road, College Station, TX 77840. Our billing address remains > at PO Drawer 3040, College Station, Texas 77841 > ________ > **The contents of this email do not necessarily represent the views or > policies of TVMDL. This email is intended for the recipient only and the > information should not be released to third parties. > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
