Yes, me too. Turquois blue bacteria looking guys. Trying to filter and use within a couple of days. Has anyone mentioned this to their vendor?
Michael Ann Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP) Histology Manager Metropath 7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250 Lakewood, CO 80226 303.634.2511 [email protected] On 9/21/15, 3:17 PM, "nancy lowen via Histonet" <[email protected]> wrote: >Yes, I have had the same experience.Filtering it seems to help. > > > On Monday, September 21, 2015 1:22 PM, Sandra Cheasty via Histonet ><[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > Has anyone using Richard Allen Hematoxylin-2 noticed an >odd artifact on the slides after using the Hematoxylin for more than a >few days on their stainer? We are seeing small spore or pollen-like blue >dots here and there on the slides. It is not coming from the water bath >or our water supply on the stainer. I used sterile gloves, opened a new >case of slides, dipped them in DI water, then in the RA Hematoxylin 2 on >the stainer, then in DI again, air-dried and coverslipped them, and the >blue dots were there. The only way we got rid of the blue artifact was to >use new RA Hematoxylin-2 every 2-3 days, which is a bit expensive. > > Thanks for your input, and if you can recommend a >different, reasonably priced hematoxylin, that would be awesome. > >Cheers, > >Sandy > > > >Sandra J. Cheasty, HT (ASCP) > >Histology & Necropsy Supervisor > >UW-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Histonet mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > >_______________________________________________ >Histonet mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
