Embedding Cassettes, PS, Blue — 258-4202-B10 | 2/Bag | Caplugs® Evergreen

Cassette Drawers with ID Labels, 400-Cassette Capacity, Polystyrene (PS), Blue — 258-4202-B10 | 2/Bag

Technical Narrative

The Caplugs® Evergreen is a blue Polystyrene (PS) cassette drawer with integrated ID labels designed for organized staging, storage, and transport of up to 400 tissue and biopsy cassettes in histopathology grossing rooms, embedding stations, and cassette archives. Blue drawers provide high-contrast visual identification and are commonly used for surgical biopsy, general specimen, or day-of-week shift designation in color-coded cassette staging systems. The ID label panel on the drawer front allows handwritten or adhesive barcode labeling for accession batch, shift, date, or specimen-type identification — enabling drawer-level tracking in laboratory information system workflows without per-cassette external labeling overhead at the drawer staging stage.

PS construction provides the rigidity required to support 400 loaded cassettes (approximately 1.2–1.8 kg at full capacity) without flex or drawer-base distortion that would prevent smooth insertion and withdrawal in cassette storage cabinet systems. PS is autoclave-compatible for decontamination between uses in regulated pathology environments, and resistant to the incidental xylene, ethanol, and paraffin wax contact from wax-infiltrated cassettes stored in the drawer after tissue processing. Drawers stack on standard grossing bench shelving and cassette storage cabinet rails without auxiliary hardware.

At $57.80 per 2/Bag — $28.8999 per drawer — the delivers organized 400-cassette storage with integrated labeling at a per-drawer cost suited to multi-drawer deployment across a full pathology cassette workflow. Also available: 258-4200-G10 (Green, 400-capacity, $57.80/Bag) — enabling color-coded drawer procurement from a single vendor for multi-category staging systems.

Technical Specifications — Caplugs® Evergreen

Histopathology Workflow Applications —

The 400-capacity cassette drawer organizes tissue and biopsy cassettes across the following pathology workflow stages:

Drawers stack on standard grossing bench shelving and in cassette storage cabinets. ID label panel accepts handwritten and adhesive barcode labels for batch-level tracking.

Chemical & Processing Compatibility — Polystyrene (PS)

PS provides good resistance to incidental xylene, ethanol, and formalin contact from wax-infiltrated cassettes stored in the drawer. Autoclave-compatible for decontamination between uses.

Drawers are autoclave-compatible for decontamination. Cassettes stored inside should be removed before autoclaving.

Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Applications

The cassette drawer serves hospital anatomic pathology grossing rooms for pre-embedding cassette batch staging; tissue processing labs for wax-infiltrated cassette post-processing storage before embedding; embedding stations for organized cassette delivery to the embedding center; pathology archives for long-term paraffin block cassette storage; and any histopathology setting requiring organized, labeled, color-coded cassette management for 400-unit batches.

U.S. Manufacturing, Quality & Institutional Procurement

Every Caplugs® Evergreen lot is precision-molded at our California manufacturing facility and subject to rigorous dimensional inspection and material purity verification. We supply hospital systems, reference laboratories, and federal procurement offices under institutional pricing programs with blanket-order support and same-day shipping on stocked inventory. Request a compatibility sample below to validate fit with your processor configuration before committing to volume.

Frequently Asked Questions — Caplugs® Evergreen

How many cassettes fit in the drawer?

The holds up to 400 standard tissue and biopsy cassettes in the upright orientation used across histopathology grossing and embedding workflows. Capacity may vary slightly depending on cassette brand and whether cassettes are assembled (with cover) or base-only.

What do the ID labels on the drawer look like?

The includes ID labels on the drawer front panel — a writable surface that accepts permanent marker, ballpoint pen, and adhesive barcode stickers for accession batch number, specimen date, shift, or specimen-type identification. The label area enables drawer-level batch tracking without requiring individual cassette external labeling at the staging stage.

Are the drawers BPA-free and autoclave-compatible?

Yes to both. The Polystyrene (PS) drawer is molded from virgin PS containing no BPA and no phthalate plasticizers. PS is autoclave-compatible at 121°C / 15 psi for decontamination between uses in regulated pathology environments.