Do you perhaps use eosin on your processors to help visualize the biopsies for embedding? It can fluoresce.
Patrick Laurie(HT)ASCP QIHC Histology Manager Celligent Diagnostics, LLC 101 East W.T. Harris Blvd | Suite 1212 | Charlotte, NC 28262 Work: 704-970-3300 Cell: 704-266-0869 On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Melissa Burns via Histonet < histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Hello All- > > I'm having an ongoing issue that I'm hoping all of you smart people can > help me with! We are talking about prostate needle biopsy specimens. > > We have one company that does a genetic test that is insisting that there > is a dye present in the tissue we are sending. None of the other genetics > companies we send to have had an issue....just this one....and not on every > case we send them! Imagine my confuse :) > > The specimens are sent in 10% NBF. There is no dye used in grossing or > processing. > > Am I missing something? Somewhere that dye may be sneaking in? > > We are to the point now that they want to come to the lab and the > collecting surgery centers and see if they can figure it out..... > > Baffled.... > > Melissa > > _______________________________________________ > 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
