Teri Johnson, HT(ASCP)QIHC, Managing Director Histology Facility, Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri asks:
>>For those who use modified Davidson's fixative for your samples, do you do a >>water rinse prior to starting them in alcohol dehydration series, or simply >>go from fixative into the alcohol?<< When I use modified Davidson's fixative as a disclosing fixative for lymph nodes in colon resection specimens, I'll wash the tissue briefly to reduce the smell, since my gross desk is unventilated (long story). The cassettes containing the dissected lymph nodes will go into neutral buffered formalin at least briefly before being processed through alcohols. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
