[Histonet] [EXTERNAL] Histonet Digest, Vol 219, Issue 3

[Michael Dessoye]

Based on my experience with this stainer, you may want to think about
replacing.  The water valve assembly/manifold (and associated parts) are
notorious for having expensive parts fail, especially the very expensive
manifold.  I'd look elsewhere for a replacement.

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From: "Cathy M. Mathis/Comparative Medicine" <cmmathis at wakehealth.edu>
To: "histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:15:35 +0000
Subject: [Histonet] 5 Yr old Leica ST5020 is down
Hello Histology friends,
We are a research lab with a 5 year old Leica ST5020 autostainer that looks
like new.  We run less than 5000 slides a year on it.  We noticed that (of
course just after the warranty ended) that one of the water rinse stations
stayed full of water all the time, even when the instrument was off.  It
may have been like this from the beginning and we just did not notice it.
Leica quoted a $6000 repair but said we could run it as is.  So, we skipped
the repair and went on using it.
Now the instrument is completely down and the repair is a new "slave
controller board" for $17,600, stepper motor for arm, etc. with total quote
for over $23,800.  Has anyone else had major issues with this instrument
over time.  We are trying to decide whether to fix it or go for a new
stainer.  I'm kinda wondering if we got a lemon.
Thank you for your time,
Cathy

Cathy M. Mathis
Lab Technician IV
Dept. of Pathology \  Comparative Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
p 336.716.1538  \  f 336.716.1515
cmmathis at wakehealth.edu<mailto:cmmathis at wakehealth.edu>
www.wakehealth.edu<http://www.wakehealth.edu>

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> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:15:35 +0000
> Subject: [Histonet] 5 Yr old Leica ST5020 is down
> Hello Histology friends,
> We are a research lab with a 5 year old Leica ST5020 autostainer that
> looks like new.  We run less than 5000 slides a year on it.  We noticed
> that (of course just after the warranty ended) that one of the water rinse
> stations stayed full of water all the time, even when the instrument was
> off.  It may have been like this from the beginning and we just did not
> notice it.  Leica quoted a $6000 repair but said we could run it as is.
> So, we skipped the repair and went on using it.
> Now the instrument is completely down and the repair is a new "slave
> controller board" for $17,600, stepper motor for arm, etc. with total quote
> for over $23,800.  Has anyone else had major issues with this instrument
> over time.  We are trying to decide whether to fix it or go for a new
> stainer.  I'm kinda wondering if we got a lemon.
> Thank you for your time,
> Cathy
>
> Cathy M. Mathis
> Lab Technician IV
> Dept. of Pathology \  Comparative Medicine
> Wake Forest School of Medicine
> p 336.716.1538  \  f 336.716.1515
> cmmathis at wakehealth.edu<mailto:cmmathis at wakehealth.edu>
> www.wakehealth.edu<http://www.wakehealth.edu>
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:20:33 -0500
> Subject: [Histonet] For those of you interested in travel work!
> Hi histology friends!
>
> With all the staffing shortages, overtime, and pandemic nonsense, it's
> very likely that you’ve heard about travel work a handful of times.
>
> I am a travel histotechnologist who started traveling after COVID19 hit
> and the dynamic in my hospital lab changed A LOT. I was ready for
> something new!
>
> I have been working on a *Getting Started with Travel Work* series on my
> blog and would like to invite everyone interested in travel work to
> check it out!
>
> I publish every Wednesday, and the getting started series is nearly
> complete.
>
> I’d love to get some feedback from the community about what is important
> to you, what you’d like to read about, and how I can help make the
> transition into travel work a little easier.
>
> Please check out the website at https://www.histotrek.com, the travel
> series at https://histotrek.com/start-here/, and let me know your
> feedback! I am on all social media platforms at HistoTrek, or you can
> email me directly at contact at histotrek.com.
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