[Histonet] Re: grossing tools

[Tom McNemar]

We have a pair of the 3mm Cutmate forceps that we bought years ago for a particular pathologist but nobody uses them.
If you go to the website below check out the Procut as well.

http://www.milestonemed.com/histopathology/products.html

Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP)
Histology Co-ordinator
Licking Memorial Health Systems
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-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:57 AM
To: Bob Richmond; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: grossing tools

That is why I suggested having a rep. bring them out to demonstrate.

"Sakura sells these. The grossing boards are items: 4800, 4801 and 4802. The grossing forks are 4803, 4804 and 4807.

Ask your rep for a demo."

Jeanine H. Bartlett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
404-639-3590
jeanine.bartlett <@t> cdc.hhs.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:54 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Re: grossing tools

Jeanine H. Bartlett at the CDC notes:

>>Sakura sells these. The grossing boards are items: 4800, 4801 and 4802. The grossing forks are 4803, 4804 and 4807. Ask your rep for a demo.
http://sakura.ifuture.com/sakura.asp?ifut=1000336642970309899%2CTKWK%3E6%3D%3A5ST0

The prices of these tools are outrageous. The online catalog gives me no clue as to how they work.

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Maryville TN
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Bob Richmond <rsrichmond <@t> gmail.com> wrote:
> Bruce Gapinsk HT (ASCP), Chief Histologist, Marin Medical
> Laboratories, PathGroup SF asks:
>
>>>Histonians, I'm sure we are not the only histology lab that deals
>>>with thick grossed specimens. Has anyone tried the new gross tools by
>>>Sakura? Or anything else that can cut ONE nickel thick. Tired of
>>>reprocessing.<<
>
> This grumpy old (74) pathologist would be happy to try them out,
> though I can cut freehand and almost never have a block reprocessed,
> but the skill eludes a lot of the young folks. Do you have a Web link
> for these tools?
>
> The problem would be getting a lab manager to spring for them. The
> Laboratory Manager's Handy-Dandy Guide to Making Life Hard for the
> Pathologist (I'm sure  there is such a book, though I haven't actually
> seen one) specifies that grossing is a ritual requiring only a basic
> set of tools.
>
> One lab expected me to gross with an athame and chalice. I tried to
> explain to them that OSHA and the CAP would not permit me to gross
> skyclad.
>
> (You guys know I NEVER exaggerate.)
>
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Maryville TN

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