Hi Roy! The "Germinator 500" Sounds like something from Phineas and Ferb.
Hahaha.
Anyway - The mandate from CAP is designed to clean the instruments, not
sterilize them. If the instruments aren't cleaned before stuffing them into a
250'C trough of glass beads (the Germinator), you will
I agree with Terri! We have a newly registered tech and several of us "oldies"
and it started a great dialog on tips we have run across in the years. The
book has some things we had forgotten too! We all have been enjoying reading
and adding little comments. Since we are a GI lab it was
Any thoughts on what this might be useful for in terms of controls and/or
research? I just obtained a large specimen and wonder if there is any real need
to process and store it...
Thanks,
Curt
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I just wanted to share a quick review of the new book "Histology Hacks", by
Michael Backhus. It is the kind of book that brings together all of the little
tidbits that a tech picks up along a lifetime of working and networking with
others. It is well organized and the information is presented
Anyone out there see the new CAP requirement regarding cross contamination at
gross bench and cleaning of forceps.
How are other people planning to comply. My supervisor has instructed me to use
a Germinatior 500 at gross bench and at Embedd center.
I have no experience using these sterilizers
