Cross-contamination has not been proven in FFPE tissues. I have not seen it in nearly 40 years of practice
Do you have any evidence of cross-contamination in FFPE? Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) Principal Scientist, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Adjunct Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 Pathology Department the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA ________________________________________ From: Laurie Colbert via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 10:36 PM To: adesupo2...@hotmail.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] AFB STAIN You should put the AFB control on a separate slide to prevent cross-contamination. Laurie Redmond -----Original Message----- From: ADESUPO ADESUYI via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> To: histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2018 7:58 pm Subject: [Histonet] AFB STAIN Hello, I have a question please. For the AFB Stain, do we put both the control tissue and the patient on the same slide? Thanks, Ade _______________________________________________ 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 This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of NSW Health or any of its entities. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
