ALSOBROOK@yalemed.bitnet (05/31/91)
I would like to add one caveat to the pump discussion: no piece of equipment is 'fool-proof'. I've used Savant's refrigerated traps for many years, and they are truly excellent; unfortunately, incompetent boobs have throughout the years shattered numerous glass traps (currently around $130 each for the small ones), forced oil from the pump back into the trap, hooked up the pump directly to the gel dryer, and the list goes on and on. Do your absolute best to train everyone (even though they'll insist they already know how to use the equipment!) in basic plumbing principles, and you'll minimize your grief with any system. It also seems to help if EVERYONE who uses the pump system is part of the maintenance rotation -- the inconvenience engenders respect, I guess! P.S. Too bad about the GeneVac; it seemed like a great idea, but I always thought the price was out of line. Now we know the extra money buys nothing. *----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * John P. Alsobrook II | * * Child Study Center | beware of * * Yale University School of Medicine | monsters * * | from the * * bitnet: ALSOBROOK@YALEMED | id * * internet: ALSOBROOK@biomed.med.yale.edu | * *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------