[Histonet] Shandon Varistain Gemini Slide Stainer

[Paula Keene Pierce]

This is so true!
I had a Fisher Histomatic automated slide stainer that was manufactured in 1985 that I used until the building took a direct lightning strike JUST LAST YEAR!
My old VIP is still going!
 Paula Keene Pierce, BS, HTL(ASCP)HTPresidentExcalibur Pathology, Inc.5830 N Blue Lake DriveNorman, OK 73069PH 405-759-3953FAX 405-759-7513www.excaliburpathology.com

      From: Teri Johnson via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
 To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> 
 Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:04 PM
 Subject: Re: [Histonet] Shandon Varistain Gemini Slide Stainer
   
Hi Thomas,

Are you looking for true life expectancy or what is reported for depreciation? In my experience, most tissue processors never die, but only need to be retired due to lack of available support/parts or because a lab requires newer technology.

Also in my experience, a "better" model comes out soon after I have purchased one. So the life span is probably 20 years after you wished you had a different one. :-)

Best wishes,

Teri

Teri Johnson
Manager, Clinical Trial Testing
Genoptix, Inc., a Novartis company
BioPharma
1811 Aston Avenue
Carlsbad, CA  92008
USA

Phone +1 760 516 5954
tejohnson at genoptix.com
www.genoptix.com

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Hi All,
Does anyone know the life expectancy of the Gemini H&E stainer? My boss has asked me this question because we are in the process of requesting for a new one.

Thomas

Thomas Huynh  BS, HT (ASCP)
Histology Lab Supervisor |Department of Pathology HARRISHEALTH SYSTEM
5656 Kelly Street
Houston, Tx 77026
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJGH)
O: 713.566.5282 | F: 713.566.5285 | P: 713.297.1606 | Thomas.Huynh at harrishealth.org

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