How funny! You are so right!!!!! What about the ink on all of those old reports and reference books? Isn't ink a dye in solvent?
The best special stains I ever did were back in the day when I made my own solutions from dry chemicals that were already 20 to 30 years old. Paperwork, just a way to decrease productivity! Paula K. Pierce, HTL(ASCP)HT President Excalibur Pathology, Inc. 631 N Broadway Moore, OK 73160 405-759-3953 Lab 405-759-7513 Fax www.excaliburpathology.com ________________________________ From: John Smallwood <jrsmallw...@bell.net> To: Histonet Submissions <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 4:18:36 PM Subject: [Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media To all Quality Control Purists There seems to be a growing concern with regards to outdating on reagents and their continued use beyond this date. I notice that Histological wax and Mounting media are dated with an expiry date. Just begging the question-should we go back. melt down and re-embed all old blocks in fresh wax ?? Should we recover slip old slides in fresh dated Mounting media. With all the fuss over quality control in the Laboratory and Government Lab Inspection oversight , how can this be ignored and our archives put at such dreadful risk ?? J. Smallwood,MLT. STEGH St.Thomas, Ont. Can. _______________________________________________ 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