[Histonet] STP420

[Mark Tarango]

That processor spins the tissue around and causes much more agitation than
with other tissue processors.  Tissue gets out of the cassettes easier.  It
makes for faster processing, but you have to use mesh cassettes or wrap
placenta and other small friable tissues.

Mark
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mike Pence <mpence <@t> grhs.net> wrote:

> I have never used this tissue processor, but I don't understand how it
> would be the tissue processor that would be causing the contamination.
> Does this processor have different processing chamber? If so, does it
> use the same processing solutions? Is all your tissues sectioned on the
> same cutting board? By the same cutter?  Just throwing out some general
> thoughts.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Janice
> Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:14 PM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] STP420
>
>
> Good Afternoon,  We have the thermofisher stp 420 processor.  We are
> having major cross contamination problems.  Finding brain and placenta
> fragments in with other tissue.  Anyone else with this processor having
> similar problems?  Thanks, Janice
>
>
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