[Histonet] Breezy lab/flyaway ribbons!

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We have a similar situation, but I have shown my techs how to 1) wet the
brush they use to take the ribbon off the knife and 2) to roll/curl the
ribbon over the damp end of the brush and 3) hover our hand over the top of
the ribbon while moving it (to reduce the breeze) from the microtome to the
waterbath.

I learned this technique when I first started in Histology, as we had a
choice, a HOT room with no AC and no wind, or learn how to deal with the
breeze and don't sweat!  I opted for dealing with the wind.  Now, it's
second nature and it matters not whether there is wind or not, I still use
the same motion for tranfer of the ribbon!

Good luck with your situation.  :o)

Michelle

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rathborne,
Toni
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:50 AM
To: Josie Britton; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Breezy lab/flyaway ribbons!


For the ceiling vents, you could ask to have deflectors installed. The ones
we have are made of stainless, are slightly larger than the vent, and are
suspended about 6"-8" below the opening. 

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Josie Britton
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:23 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Breezy lab/flyaway ribbons!


We have been having trouble with big breeze blowing our precious ribbons

out of our hands while cutting.  We would like a door on the Histology

lab to cut down on the breeze of people walking by through the hall.

Our facilities want to find out what other people are doing to stop this

problem.  We also have air ducts blowing down from above, which is not

helping the problem.  We would like as many labs solutions as possible.

Our facilities have come up with all these crazy barriers that we would

have to move to walk around when we need to put our racks on the

stainer, answer timers, print more slides, use the oven, etc... 



 



Any input would be appreciated!



 



Breezy girls,



 



Josie Britton and Chris Braaten



Cheshire Medical Center



Keene, NH 03431




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