It’s a busy day in the gross room and time for a new scalpel blade. You grab a blade from a new box and attach it to the blade handle only to notice that the blade seems very loose and doesn’t seem safe to use. So, you check the handle and the blade to ensure they are compatible and confirm that your #4 handle and the #22 blades should work together and normally do, but this time they don’t. Why not? 

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As histotechs, we are aware that slides are the star of the show. However, we also know that slides don’t work on their own. In the quiet corners of our labs, small equipment like slide dryers fade into the background, thanklessly performing their function. We cut slides, place them in the oven, set the timer, and forget about them until we hear the timer and remove our slides. Did you know that there are variables that can impact the effectiveness of slide dryers? 

Not every lab pen will work effectively with every cassette. Explore these helpful hints to safeguard hand-labeled cassette ink from washing off during processing. 

StatLab announces the acquisition of Scientific Device Laboratory (“SDL”), a Chicago-based manufacturer of printed diagnostic slides and a variety of consumables and kits for the anatomic pathology and microbiology markets. The addition of SDL to the StatLab family of businesses expands customer reach for both entities and provides a new U.S. research and development hub for the broader StatLab organization.