Re: [Histonet] Tissue processor errors, failures and what to do

2020-07-04 Thread E. Wayne Johnson via Histonet
Automation is a wonderful thing but it is only a replacement for what people used to do by hand. We have incubators that can be set to 60C and we have a Rube Goldberg-ized microwave oven with a thermal controller and relays (and the not-to-be-forgotten flyback diode) and a K-type thermal probe

Re: [Histonet] Tissue processor errors, failures and what to do

2020-07-04 Thread Patpxs via Histonet
Hi Garrey, The answer is “it depends”. What you do when a processor fails depends on the failure point. If the tissue is still in dehydrant it gets treated differently than if it fails in the intermediate solvent. Paula Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Garrey Faller

[Histonet] Tissue processor errors, failures and what to do

2020-07-04 Thread Garrey Faller via Histonet
Happy 4th to all. Does anyone have a procedure on what to do when a tissue processor fails or alarms. I want to learn more about the science behind tissue processing so I know what to do when the machine fails. This happened to a friend recently and I want to prevent my tissues/biopsies from