[Histonet] Autotechnicon?

[Victor Tobias]

Bob,

It's time for you to find a new agent, to get some more modern assignments.

Victor

Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
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On 5/25/2010 11:06 AM, Robert Richmond wrote:
> A recruiter, Melissa Ribeiro Passos, notes that
>
>    
>>> Brine Group is currently recruiting around a day Histotechnologist position at a hospital-based clinical lab in southeastern Connecticut.<<  Duties would include
>>>        
>    
>>> Loading surgical specimens in Autotechnicon and setting/checking time setting.<<
>>>        
> Are they actually using an ancient Technicon processor, or is this
> just local lab jargon for a tissue processor?
>
> Reason I ask is, I'm currently working in a lab that's using a 1964
> Technicon, for processing and staining. No vacuum anywhere. It's
> obvious from looking at the slides that temperature control is
> inadequate, and the staining is quite capricious.
>
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Knoxville TN
>
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