Do people still use hematoxilyn? I went from one lab using safranin to now using hematox....I can not get them to switch either...in my opinion safranin works so much better, but they are not open to any changes of any kind......:( and if I offer any I am even told I am questioning authority..Help me find documentation to prove my case
Kristi Langley HT(ASCP)cm St. Luke's Medical Center 2720 Stone Park Blvd. Sioux City, Ia 51104 712-279-3164 ext 6 ________________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] on behalf of Bob Richmond [rsrichm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:17 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Inking esophagus biopsies Sheila Adey (somewhere in Canada) asks: Can anyone reccommend a good way to ink esophageal biopsies without using mercurochrome? Out of many pathology services I've worked on, I've only seen one that marked GI biopsies when grossing. They used safranin O (the routine Gram stain counterstain, from the microbiology lab) and it worked quite well. I would not use eosin because it makes fluorescence microscopy impossible. You can't get mercurochrome any more (in the US anyway), and you don't want the mercury in your processor anyway. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and contain information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet