[Histonet] Tissue Processor

2011-10-14 Thread Lori White
Hi Mike, We have both the VIP6 and TEC5 and are extremely happy with them. What you spend up front, you will save in repair costs, downtime and frustration. Lori -- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:56:03 -0400 From: Mike Tighe mti...@trudeauinstitute.org

[Histonet] Slide Mate printers

2013-02-13 Thread Lori White
Hi, We recently installed Slide Mate printers and are experiencing poor print quality despite several onsite service calls. The vendor is attributing the problems to the slides we are using even though we are using Colorfrost slides from the manufacturer's List of Approved Slides. Has anybody

[Histonet] RE: Waste Alcohol

2013-02-28 Thread Lori White
Our alcohols that cannot be recycled (contaminated with xylene) are combined with other flammable waste and dealt with by an external company. L.White -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of

[Histonet] RE: HE Stainer Leica vs Sakura

2013-03-20 Thread Lori White
Hi Sophia, I am a big fan of the Prisma stainer. We have two of them - one for routine staining, linked to the coverslipper and the other is used for Cytology and some automated special stains. We have had them for five years with no problems other than the replacement of the door latches. Lori

[Histonet] One step trichrome kits

2013-08-14 Thread Lori White
Hi, Can anybody recommend a one step trichrome kit for manual staining? We currently use the Light Green kit from Sigma and are not happy with the consistency of the reagents. Thanks, Lori W ___ Histonet mailing list