They should be fixed in absolute alcohol and can go on the processor at the absolute alcohol step, or they can go into the xylene if completely fixed and dehydrated.
-----Original Message----- From: Piche, Jessica via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 8:24 AM To: Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Specimens for Gout EXTERNAL SENDER - Exercise caution with requests, links, and attachments. Good Morning Everyone, I hope you all had a nice weekend. What are people doing to process gout specimens? Are you fixing them in Absolute alcohol (and for how long), and then loading on tissue processor starting in xylene? I'm hearing different things and am curious about what other people are doing. Thank you, Jessica Jessica Piche, HT(ASCP) Waterbury Hospital Histology Laboratory Histology Team Leader 203-573-7167 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.utsouthwestern.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fhistonet&data=05%7C01%7Cjmacdonald%40mtsac.edu%7C993300dce3b140492cc308db29574000%7Ccc4d4bf20a9e4240aedea7d1d688f935%7C0%7C0%7C638149226908396581%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8%2ByWCg9z2rE13ijuOa1kIlMhBLT7xWxxrUbscr9ZHrk%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet