[Histonet] embedding centers

[Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)]

Honestly, there are differences ergonomically.  We purchased one in the past before realizing that the way the cassette holding bath was situated you had to pull the cassettes across the cold plate to get them to the area you needed..  It was very awkward.  This unit was also over-engineered with so many fuses that something was always blowing.  So pay attention to the layout....

Jeanine Bartlett
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
(404) 639-3590 
jeanine.bartlett <@t> cdc.hhs.gov


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As you correctly point out, all are of similar configuration and foot-print. All use the same technology (a cooling area, a heating bath and a hot compartment).
As to reliability TissueTek if the best for me. There are some more than 25 years old still providing a good and reliable service.
René J.

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From: Weaver, Stephanie <SWeaver <@t> tvmdl.tamu.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] embedding centers
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 9:35 AM


Hello histonetters!

I know this has been asked before, but there's not much in the recent archives.  I'd like to see what everyone thinks is now the best paraffin embedding center.  They all seem very similar now, and I don't see any one instrument that looks much different from the others.  My primary concern is reliability and long working life, but of course I would also like an instrument that is user friendly, ergonomic and affordable.  Please let me know if you have a very good experience with any embedding center or especially if anyone has had a particularly bad experience and let me know any features that you find spectacular or useless.  Thanks for the advice!

Stephanie Weaver
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

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