Hi Sarah, I don't melt them down I just drop them in with my dirty molds and lids and run them through the cleaning cycle on my processor. The Xylene and Alcohol will melt the oily fat. When the clean cycle is complete I just drop them back into formalin until I process that evening. It works very well.
Cheryl A. Miller HT(ASAP)cm Histology/Cytology Prep Supervisor Physicians Laboratory Services Omaha, NE. 402 731 4145 ext. 554 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of sgoe...@xbiotech.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:37 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Reprocess Hello all!! Hope everyone had a happy 4th!! Question =day is...I grossed in some fat that I need to routine process. I ha= done this in the past with extra fixation and no problem? This tim= however it didn't fix all the way through and I have oily unfixed fat in =e middle of my block. I fixed for 48 hours, but guess my section we= too big and needed more. I want to fix for a little longer and rep=cess the block. I know I need to melt it down, but then what? =ave done this before, it's just my brain is getting older =) Thanks in advance!! Sarah Goebel, B.A., HT (=CP) Histotechnician XBiotech USA Inc. 8201 East Riverside Dr. Bldg 4 Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)386-5107 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee intended / indicated or agent responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that you are in possession of confidential and privileged information. Any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
