Histology Cassette Printer

[mdcart]

I'm looking for some advice.  I've recently took over managing an Medical Examiner's office after spending my last 20 yrs in the clinical laboratory.  We are experiencing wash off of hand written labeling of our histology cassettes.  We send our cassettes out to another laboratory to produce the slides and the labeling is washing off during this process.  We have tried all the vendors recommendations by using special pens and #2 pencil but still experience wash off.  I figure a simple solution would to purchase a histology cassette printer and would be other than the huge price tag associated with these items.  The ones I have viewed are in the range $10,000-$20,000 and this is too much for the volume we perform.  I'm limited in my knowledge in this area but I would think there would be cheaper alternatives to these printers.  Any help appreciate.

[Auntie-D]

Another option is to label with a diamond pen - engrave the details into the plastic. You can then 'rub' the pencil over afterwards and the pencil is then permenently in the grooves. Even if it comes off, you can rub it with pencil again to refresh the information.

 

ETA you should be able to pick one up for about $20

Edited June 9, 2015 by Auntie-D

[Auntie-D]

The Leica IPC casette writers can be picked up for about $8500 (though plus VAT would probably take you to $10,000)