Good luck with that idea of sitting in formalin overnight, most of the Pathologist I have worked with over the last 20 years seem to be getting more resistant rather than more tolerant to that idea, to my chagrin.
Cheers, Patsy Btw I was saddened to hear of Russ Allison's passing. I did consider him a good friend and knowledgeable histopathology colleague, one of the great ones left us in his passing. Regards, Patsy Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC IHCtech 12635 Montview Blvd. Ste.215 Aurora, CO 80045 720-859-4060 fax 720-859-4110 www.ihctech.net www.ihcrg.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Richmond Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:04 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Histonet] Re: B5 alternate I loved B5 fixative, and before that Zenker's, but they're gone and they're not coming back. In my personal expereience in a number of pathology services, the various muchly-touted B5 substitutes offer very little morphologic advantage over neutral buffered formalin. Unless it's fixed pretty early in the morning, tissue needs to sit overnight in neutral buffered formalin before being decalcified or processed. Pathologists and their clinicians are eventually going to have to learn to live with this delay. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ 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