[Histonet] Donating Old Microtome

[Liette Tougas]

Hi Mr. Kieran, 

I know, I am sad to see them go as well since they are in such good condition but, as a med lab teaching program, not having knife/blade gards (we were using cut pieces of rubber tubing at each end of the holder which would easily fall off!) has become a safety issue for us.  

Best regards, 

Liette Tougas, RT, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Biomedical Laboratory Technology Department
Dawson College
514-931-8731, ext 1519
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From: John Kiernan [jkiernan at uwo.ca]
Sent: May 22, 2015 1:11 AM
To: Liette Tougas; Heather Marlatt; histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Donating Old Microtome

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, Montréal, Qc, Canada
514-931-8731, ext 1519
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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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