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Equipment Operation & Maintenance

Grossing Hoods – The Front Line of Protection

Grossing Hoods Figure 1

All laboratory personnel should be aware of and know what personal protective equipment (PPE) they should wear while performing various tasks in the histology laboratory.  Employers are responsible for educating …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Histology Lab Management, Histology Lab Safety / Health

Bar Code Tracking in Histology

Specimen volumes continue to increase in both hospital and private pathology histology laboratories.  Histology laboratories must adopt new procedures and strategies for managing this increasing volume of specimens to ensure …

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Categories Accessioning & Labeling, Equipment Operation & Maintenance

Microwave Devices – Why can’t I use a microwave oven that I can buy from an appliance store? Part 2

This blog is Part 2 on microwave devices. Please check the website for Part 1 of the blog where regulations and safety issues related to microwave devices are explained. When …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Tissue Processing

Microwave Devices – Why can’t I use a microwave oven that I can buy from an appliance store? Part 1

I still get asked this question, particularly by people whose lab is becoming CAP accredited for the first time and they are suddenly confronted with a non-compliance citation by the …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Tissue Processing

What Should The Blade Angle Be On My Microtome?

What should the blade angle be on my microtome? When I set the blade angle at one place on the marks of the blade holder, it works for company X’s …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Microtome Operation

What Other Departments do I Need to Contact, if I’m Buying a Piece of Equipment?

Congratulations on being able to buy equipment for your laboratory! Usually, the supervisor has looked into several vendors’ versions of the equipment, researched cost (outright and down the road), and …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Histology Lab Management

Leery of buying used pathology equipment? Here’s a guide to help.

In today’s information-based purchasing there are more and more ways to purchase cheap used equipment for your facility…and more and more ways to get into trouble. With the rise in …

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Categories Equipment Operation & Maintenance, Histology Lab Management

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Since 1995, Rankin has supplied histology equipment and supplies anatomic pathology labs. We supply university, hospital, research, industrial, commercial and in-office laboratories that perform diagnostic testing and research.

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