We have never used the red box control slides. We put our control tissue at the top of the slide and the patient at the bottom. After the slide is coverslipped, we draw a line with an extra fine sharpie between the two and write "control" next to the control tissue. Laurie Colbert
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sebree Linda A Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:40 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Control & pt on same slide Histonetters, As a cost savings measure, we are considering doing away with using "red box" control slides. We would still like to put our control tissue on the same slide as our patient tissue. These are my questions: are people doing this and if so are you putting the control tissue on the top or bottom of the slide and how do you indicate which tissue is patient and which is control? Thanks for your responses. Linda A. Sebree University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics IHC/ISH Laboratory DB1-223 VAH 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792 (608)265-6596 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet