We took some fresh lung, added some cream cheese which got really moldy, waited a couple of days, and then processed it. We got a great control with some form of aspergillus on the lung surface.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Galbraith, Joe <joseph-galbra...@uiowa.edu > wrote: > Sheila: > > Have you tried your local or state animal disease lab or the National > Animal Disease Lab in Ames, IA. If you can work with animal instead of > human tissue these labs may be able to help. Do you have a large academic > or tertiary care medical center nearby which has a block reclamation program > (collects anonymized tissue blocks for research purposes that are being > discarded by labs after the required holding period). Sometimes these > programs can find blocks with unusual or infectious processes as they > collect from a broad range of sources. (PS: We have such a program here.) > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto: > histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila Haas > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:26 PM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Fungus Control Tissue > > Hi all. Does anyone have a resource for control blocks? We are in need > of fungus controls and are trying to save the cost of buying slides. > Thanks all. > > Sheila Haas > Laboratory Supervisor > MicroPath Laboratories, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by > the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, > then delete it. Thank you. > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Patrick Laurie HT(ASCP)QIHC CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104 plau...@cellnetix.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
