NEVER use a microwave to heat up Histogel regardless of ithe microwaves pedigree, especially for cytology specimens. There is a tendency to overheat the gel and thereby compromise the specimen, especially for IHC. Use a warming block where the temperature can be accurately controlled.
John Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:32 AM, Eileen Akemi Allison via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Went on line to get MSDS regarding HistoGel. Here’s the link. > https://www.medline.com/media/catalog/Docs/MSDS/MSD_SDSD91968.pdf > <https://www.medline.com/media/catalog/Docs/MSDS/MSD_SDSD91968.pdf> > > Happy eating from a microwave which has been used at MD Anderson for HistGel! > > Best regards, > Akemi > >> On Dec 12, 2019, at 5:18 AM, Kathleen S Cormier <corm...@mit.edu> wrote: >> >> Can I share that we had a pathologist (back in the day) use our lab >> microwave to re-heat his coffee? It had Schiff’s reagent stains all over the >> inside of it. Some people really don’t have any common sense… >> >> >> Kathy Cormier >> Core Leader >> Hope Babette Tang Histology Facility >> Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT >> 500 Main Street, 76-182 >> Cambridge, MA 02139 >> 617-258-8183 >> corm...@mit.edu <mailto:corm...@mit.edu> >> https://ki.mit.edu/sbc/histology <https://ki.mit.edu/sbc/histology> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Dec 12, 2019, at 7:12 AM, Eileen Akemi Allison via Histonet >>> <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >>> <mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> Good morning histopeeps: >>> >>> We recently brought on an Ophthalmology Pathologist from MD Anderson and >>> they use histogel for orienting their thin eye specimens and need a >>> microwave to heat it up. We do not have a microwave in the lab for their >>> use but I had ordered one for them. I just found out they used the >>> microwave in our lab lounge to heat up histonet which was opened and being >>> stored in our gross area refrigerator. >>> >>> Do any of you know the CAP regulation against use of laboratory reagents >>> being used in a microwave being used for food consumption? I ended up >>> removing the microwave they used and put it in the histology lab. Our >>> Director wants me to write a formal letter to submit to him. >>> >>> Thank you in advance for your impute! >>> >>> Akemi Allison, BS, HT/HTL (ASCP) >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Histonet mailing list >>> Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu <mailto: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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
