[Histonet] RE: Stainer/coverslipper question

[Michael LaFriniere]

A few months ago I implemented the Lieca stainer with coverslipper, great pricing on the unit! It works well, the coverslipper can be a little touchy at first but once you break it in, it works well...we went to imagining some slides and wanted glass coverslips.

On another note, I just implemented and validated the new Dako Omnis immuno unit...amazing!! I will be happy to answer any questions privately so I don't seem to be advertising for a company on histonet....  

Michael
 
Michael R. LaFriniere, HT (ASCP)
Executive Director

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory
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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Colbert
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:10 PM
To: Connolly, Brett M; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Stainer/coverslipper question

Hi Brett,

I have used the Prisma Stainer with the film coverslipper connected, and loved them both.  The Prisma stainer can hold 3 racks of 20 slides, so it is very nice for high volume.  Our current stainer only holds one rack of 20, and slides can get backed up.  The coverslipper is extremely fast and very trouble-free.  I have heard that Sakura's glass coverslipper is good.  We currently use the ClearVue glass coverslipper from Thermo, and it works well.

Laurie Colbert, HT (ASCP)


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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Connolly, Brett M
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:38 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Stainer/coverslipper question

Hello all,

We are looking at options for automated stainer/glass coverslipper workstations.

I browsed the Histonet archives and see many varied love/hate responses from over the years about reliability, need to babysit, bubbles etc. and I am wondering if things have improved as many past inquiries were fairly old.

>From the archives, it seems that Lieca ST5020/CV5030 and the Sakura (Tissue-Tek) Prisma/Glas g2 are the main players.

Our H&E workload is highly varied, but we want to also use the workstation for dehydrating and coverslipping our immuno slides that come off our IHC stainer in H2O.

I would appreciate your recommendations/experiences.

Thanks much,
Brett


Brett M. Connolly, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist, Imaging Dept.
Merck & Co., Inc.
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