[Histonet] coverslipper

[Malika Benatti]

We use the Leica CV5030 the advantage of it is that it can be attached to
their Auto stainer providing continuous workflow as rack and coverslip 30
slides per run, without the need to physically transfer slides rack between
the autostainer and coverslipper or used as a stand alone coverslipper if
needed, though at time it can be problematic.

For a start glass cover slip must be kept at 37 oC prior use otherwise they
tend to stick to each others.
Also does not recognised all the slides type unless they are Leica one, or
the coverlslipper as been calibrated to use a specific slides type.

In the past I used the Sakura Acetate film coverslipper, and their were no
major problem with it though remounting section was a very tedious process.

Malika


On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Lynette Pavelich <lpaveli1 <@t> hurleymc.com>wrote:

> We've had our Sakura film coverslipper since '94 and love it.  The
> good........saves us tech time coverslipping for hours each day, plus
> you can file the slides right away.  The bad.....the docs prefer the
> bone marrow smears to be coverslipped by hand.  We have about 12 bone
> marrows a month........so really....it's not a problem.  We've also
> tried other brands of film, but the cytotechs could notice a refractive
> difference, so we switched back to the Sakura brand.
>
> >>> "Margaryan, Naira" <NMargaryan <@t> childrensmemorial.org> 3/25/2010
> 12:07 PM >>>
> Hi Colleges,
>
> I need your opinion about coverslip by hand vs. using machine.
> If you use machine what company's coverslipper you prefer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Naira
>
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