[Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

Mon Aug 8 09:59:04 CDT 2011

The melters are pretty cool, but they have a pretty cool price tag too!
If you are on a budget, this is not practical.  I use a scalpel.  Just
make sure you dull the edge a bit before you use it so you don't chop
your fingers off =)

Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP)
Histotechnologist
Mirna Therapeutics
2150 Woodward Street
Suite 100
Austin, Texas  78744
(512)901-0900 ext. 6912

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jeanne
Estabel
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

Hi, 

Here we are using the "melter" or the knife depends on the technician
and the number of blocks.
Regards
Jeanne

Jeanne Estabel, PhD
Scientific Manager
Histology Operations Manager
Mouse Genetics Project
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Cambridge, UK
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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila
Fonner
Sent: 08 August 2011 15:48
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

Since I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, I feel obligated to
tell
you all that there is a handy dandy little "melter" out there for
getting
the excess paraffin off the blocks.

You just run the edges of the block over it and voila...trimmed.

When you have up to 600 blocks a day, this thing is wonderful.  And it
keeps
your hands from cramping up.

Oh the wonders!!

Sheila
KDL Pathology
Knoxville, TN

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Horn,
Hazel
V
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

We use a couple of butter knives we brought from home.

Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Autopsy/Histology/Transcription
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's Way    Slot 820
Little Rock, AR   72202

phone   501.364.4240
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Subject: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks

Hi All,

I wonder if someone could help me with this!

I am looking for a stainless steel knife that we use to scrape off the 
paraffin from the embedded blocks.  I could not find the 6 inches size 
knife in any catalog. 

Thanks in advance

Mala

Nirmala Srishan
Histology Supervisor
Holy Name Medical Center.

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