[Histonet] Experience (especially long term)

[Cooper, Brian]

I've used both.  Agree that the Sakura's are awesome; used them for years at another institution.  We currently have two of the Histostars, and we actually like the design a little better.  The Histostar's hot plates are set back a little further than those on the Sakura model.  In my case, this results in much fewer instances of "paraffin sleeves" on my lab coat!  The remaining plastic space in front of the hot plate is a great place to align GI biopsies in your mold during orientation, or to flatten out and scrape paper wrapped cell block material.   On our Histostar models (probably about 5 years old now) we don't have the ability to adjust the temperature of the cold plate.  I do miss that, because we've found ours too be a little too cold, and we sometimes get cracks in our paraffin blocks (this is REALLY inconvenient on needle biopsies). I believe that on newer models, this feature has been added.   

That's my two cents worth...

Thanks, 

Brian D. Cooper, HT (ASCP)CM | Histology Supervisor 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles 
4650 Sunset Blvd MS#43- Los Angeles, CA 90027 
bcooper at chla.usc.edu 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristyn Ferber via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 10:10 AM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Experience (especially long term) (EXTERNAL EMAIL)

Hello Histonetters!

I'm looking to gather histotech's experience with Thermo Scientific's
HistoStar embedding workstation. I am very familiar with Sakura and think
it's top notch as far as service and support and, especially, longevity.
How does everyone feel the HistoStar compares with the Tissue Tek system if
you've used both?

Thanks in advance!

Kristyn Ferber, HTL
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