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Standardising the Sending of Clinical Tissue Samples
BioCision, LLC recently announced the launch of a new product – the HistoMailer – for safely sending tissue blocks for laboratory analysis. The HistoMailer represents the first in a series of products designed to specifically address the need for safe, reliable transfer of samples between laboratories.
“We immediately recognised the need for a reliable tool to ship paraffin-embedded tissue blocks, which can melt during transport if not packaged correctly,” said Hugh Douglas, BioCision’s Chief Operating Officer. “The HistoMailer is a great fit with our expanding product portfolio of integrated solutions for biomedical sample handling from preparation to shipping. In the coming months, we will be introducing additional products to serve the specific tissue processing needs of clinical histology and pathology labs.”
The HistoMailer was originally developed by technicians at Mayo Medical Laboratories, which receives approximately 30,000 specimens per day from hospitals across the country. According to Mayo Clinic Operations Coordinator Jeff Wills: “The HistoMailer provides end users with a value add when transporting lab specimens. The container is a full - circle tool, from start to finish and provides Mayo with the opportunity to become more green. Mayo’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology is currently using the technology, along with over one-thousand users across our client base.” Wills is also an inventor of the HistoMailer technology.
BioCision specialises in benchtop products that ensure consistency, reproducibility and standardisation of laboratory samples, with applications in drug discovery, and basic and clinical research. Users benefit from high sample reproducibility and consistency – experiment to experiment, lab to lab and research/clinical site to site.
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SIZE REDUCTION WITH ROTOR MILLS
Determining CHN Composition of Filter Samples
Exeter Analytical has developed a sensitive and precise protocol for direct determination of total Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen (N) in air and water filter samples. Filtering air and water samples and determining the chemical composition of the filtrate is of widespread interest to environmental laboratories. Using an Exeter Analytical Model 440 CHN elemental analyser to determine percentage C, H and N of filtered samples is a technique favoured by many labs because the method requires a minimum of sample preparation and may be used for single samples or automated for higher throughput environments. Direct determination of total CHN retained on a filter is more sensitive, precise and cost-effective than making measurements on pre- and post- filtered samples and calculating the difference.
The Exeter Analytical Model 440 employs a static combustion system, with a unique horizontal furnace design, which enables easy removal of filter and sample ash between each analysis. Consequently one combustion tube will analyse in excess of 1000 samples without the need for removal and cleaning. In addition the Model 440 provides the capacity to process filters up to 50 mm in diameter in one analytical cycle. By comparison other elemental analysers, employing vertical furnace designs, need cleaning after as little as 20 samples and larger filters have to be sub sampled several times and then corrective calculations made to enable analysis.
Effectively eliminating troublesome residue build-up the gas flow characteristics of the Model 440 analyser are superior to other elemental analysers thereby providing longer-term calibration stability as well as enhanced accuracy and precision for measured sample data. The Model 440 also provides complete control over combustion parameters enabling the analysis of filters without the need for expensive tin capsules.
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Gentle and very rapid size reduction by
Secure Closure of Sample Storage Tubes
Designed to seal sample storage tubes in the 96-well format - the Micronic capping system offers biobanks and biorepositories the ability to securely cap a single tube, a row of tubes or to apply 96 caps in a single action.
With the launch of the new orange Capcluster - caps are now available in 13 different colours, providing a simple, yet effective means of visually differentiating stored samples by person, project or even by the type of sample submitted.
Available for use with a wide range of tube volumes (0.50ml, 0.75ml, 1.10ml, 1.40ml, and 2.50ml) - Micronic Capcluster caps are made of a USP Class VI certified thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) that acts as an excellent vapour barrier for both water and DMSO. Use of a retaining foil makes simultaneous secure capping of a single tube, row of tubes or 96-tube rack both quick and easy. The multi-pierceable design of Capcluster TPE caps allows samples to be accessed without removing caps thereby ensuring long-term sample integrity. In addition, Capcluster TPE caps have high solvent resistance that, in combination with ultra low extractable materials, eliminates the possibility of sample contamination from the tube cap. Used in storage facilities worldwide Micronic Capcluster TPE caps are proven to maintain a strong and secure seal at temperatures down to -80°C.
Whether applying caps manually to tubes or using an automated capping system, Micronic Capcluster TPE caps provide maximum sample integrity for long-term storage. Used manually or with an automated capping system, Capcluster offers considerable productivity benefits over alternative tube capping products.
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