[Histonet] Histology stainers

[Phyllis Thaxton]

Hi Michelle,

  We retired our old Jung about 5 or 6 years ago and bought a Sakura Prisma with 
the linking tape coverslipper (they have them now with glass coverslips now I 
think). It has been great, unlike the older  coverslippers, this one doesn't use 
the conveyor belt so there are no slide pile-ups. This is a complete walk away 
system. Cut slides, put them on and the stainer does the rest. You put them on, 
then take them off after they are coverslipped. We do some special stains on it 
as well as H&E, easy to program (touch screen)...And like the old Jung, the 
Prisma  IS a workhorse.
  We retired our Excelsior Processor for The Sakura XPress50. The advantages of 
the Excelsior is the reagent rotation (just change out bottles of reagent and 
paraffin and the Excelsior rotates them). We switched to the XPress because of 
shift staffing problems and our desire to eliminate as much xylene usage as 
possible. We solved our staffing problems (eliminated the need for a second 
shift that was necessary with conventional processing), and now all the xylene 
we use is on the H&E stainer....HUGE reduction.
  We still use the old VIP for specimens that come in late that require longer 
fixation time. We put them on a delay program to come off the following day.
  
  
 Phyllis Thaxton HT(ASCP)QIHC
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL 




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From: Michelle MacVeigh-Aloni <macveigh <@t> usc.edu>
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Thu, September 9, 2010 4:47:29 PM
Subject: [Histonet] Histology stainers

Hi histoneters,

We have an old Jung Autostainer XL, which has been great, but it is very old and 
on its way out.
What kind of newer stainers are you guys using? Should I even look at something 
diferent? 

I also would like to hear from the people using Exelsior tissue processor. Do 
you guys like it and how does it compare to the good old VIP?

Michelle Aloni MS HTL ASCP
Research Specialist
USC Keck School of Medicine LA, CA

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