Hi Kimberly,
We are currently using the Milestone Medical brand microwave to decalcify our bone marrow core biopsies. After fixation we decal the core biopsies in the microwave for 2.5 hours at 50 degree Celsius with the 10% Formic Acid (we made up the formic acid in-house). If you need more info please email me.
Thanks
Thomas
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1. Microwave Decalcification (Kimberly Marshall)
2. Donating Old Microtome (Heather Marlatt)
3. Re: Donating Old Microtome (Liette Tougas)
4. Re: Donating Old Microtome (John Kiernan)
5. Buying service contracts (Johnson, Carole)
6. Re: Buying service contracts (Morken, Timothy)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 17:25:04 +0000
From: Kimberly Marshall <Kimberly at animalreferencepathology.com>
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?Can anyone that has used the microwave decalcification method, please let me know how it worked for you? Thanks in advance.
Kimberly
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 12:49:48 -0700
From: Heather Marlatt <hmarlatt26 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Histonet] Donating Old Microtome
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I'm posting on behalf of a local researcher. They have been using an older microtome that was previously donated by a hospital. It broke down recently and they cant afford to replace it right now. It is used by the students to cut their own sections so they just need something that can section at 4 microns. They are happy to pay the freight if anyone out there has an old working microtome that they are willing to donate.
Thank you!!!
Heather
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 03:24:09 +0000
From: Liette Tougas <ltougas at dawsoncollege.qc.ca>
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Hi Heather,
I do not know where you are located but we have 5-6 good old AO microtomes that still work very well that we are willing to donate. They are in excellent condition as they were extremely well maintained over the years and, as a Biomed Lab technology teaching department, they have been used only twice a week for 3 weeks each fall semester since they were purchased, some 30 years ago! They each have a disposable blade holder (high profile) and block clamp (vs original screwing block holder). We easily cut at 4 microns on them. The offer is opened to anyone who can pick them up or pay for shipment.
Liette Tougas, RT, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Biomedical Laboratory Technology Department Dawson College, Montr?al, Qc, Canada 514-931-8731, ext 1519 ________________________________________
From: Heather Marlatt [hmarlatt26 at gmail.com]
Sent: May 21, 2015 3:49 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] Donating Old Microtome
I'm posting on behalf of a local researcher. They have been using an older microtome that was previously donated by a hospital. It broke down recently and they cant afford to replace it right now. It is used by the students to cut their own sections so they just need something that can section at 4 microns. They are happy to pay the freight if anyone out there has an old working microtome that they are willing to donate.
Thank you!!!
Heather
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:11:08 -0500
From: John Kiernan <jkiernan at uwo.ca>
To: Liette Tougas <ltougas at dawsoncollege.qc.ca>, Heather Marlatt
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Why get rid of microtomes that still work well? Please explain.
John Kiernan
London, Canada
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On 21/05/15, Liette Tougas <ltougas at dawsoncollege.qc.ca> wrote:
> Hi Heather,
>
> I do not know where you are located but we have 5-6 good old AO microtomes that still work very well that we are willing to donate. They are in excellent condition as they were extremely well maintained over the years and, as a Biomed Lab technology teaching department, they have been used only twice a week for 3 weeks each fall semester since they were purchased, some 30 years ago! They each have a disposable blade holder (high profile) and block clamp (vs original screwing block holder). We easily cut at 4 microns on them. The offer is opened to anyone who can pick them up or pay for shipment.
>
> Liette Tougas, RT, B.Sc., M.Sc.
> Biomedical Laboratory Technology Department Dawson College, Montr?al,
> Qc, Canada 514-931-8731, ext 1519
> ________________________________________
> From: Heather Marlatt [hmarlatt26 at gmail.com]
> Sent: May 21, 2015 3:49 PM
> To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Donating Old Microtome
>
> I'm posting on behalf of a local researcher. They have been using an
> older microtome that was previously donated by a hospital. It broke
> down recently and they cant afford to replace it right now. It is used
> by the students to cut their own sections so they just need something
> that can section at 4 microns. They are happy to pay the freight if
> anyone out there has an old working microtome that they are willing to donate.
>
> Thank you!!!
>
> Heather
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 16:17:02 +0000
From: "Johnson, Carole" <cjohnson at nmda.nmsu.edu>
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Subject: [Histonet] Buying service contracts
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Hello and Happy Friday everyone! So I am looking at purchase of a cassette and slide printer and would like to know what you think about the value in purchasing additional year service contracts? Thanks!
Carole Johnson
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New Mexico Department of Agriculture
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 16:25:58 +0000
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Carole, I determine that by how critical it is to have it working, how long you can go without, whether I have backup units and how long it takes to get non-priority one-off repair service if something goes down. We do have contracts on most of our equipment. If it is a common item that a third-party service vendor can handle you can often get a contract cheaper, or get faster one-off repair service faster than you can through the original manufacturer service group. For instance, we cover our microtomes with a third part vendor because the annual service contract is way too expensive. They rarely go down and we have plenty of backup units due to our shift schedules.
Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center
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Hello and Happy Friday everyone! So I am looking at purchase of a cassette and slide printer and would like to know what you think about the value in purchasing additional year service contracts? Thanks!
Carole Johnson
Carole Johnson, HT(ASCP)cm
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Veterinary Diagnostic Services
505.383.9299
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