The cause of a yellow tint to newly purchased Xylene could be a plethora of things but to me it is a clear sign of either degradation or contamination and I would not use it. Terri
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) HNL Laboratories for Holy Redeemer Hospital 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 Ph: 215-938-3689 Fax: 215-938-2021 Honesty AccouNtability AgiLity CoLlaboration CoMpassion -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Histonet Digest, Vol 261, Issue 1 CAUTION: This is an external email. Stop and think before clicking links or opening attachments. If you have questions or suspicions, call IT Support Center 215-938-3900 or ext. 4HELP. Send Histonet mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Histonet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. " yellow" xylene (Sy, Sabrina) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 12:28:51 +0000 From: "Sy, Sabrina" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] " yellow" xylene Message-ID: <mw4pr19mb6652060dcf0d24d8d4a19155ea...@mw4pr19mb6652.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have received a shipment of xylene of the same lot number. We have noticed that some xylene bottles are " yellow". We use it both for tissue processing and staining. Has anyone encountered any processing or staining issues with oxidized xylene? Sabrina San Diego, CA ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ End of Histonet Digest, Vol 261, Issue 1 **************************************** ***Please Note: Redeemer Health has now changed its email domain from @holyredeemer . com to @redeemerhealth . org. Please alert your IT/cybersecurity team to ensure our new email domain is safe-listed.*** This email, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information, including patient information protected by federal and state privacy laws. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system; you must not copy or disclose the contents of this message or any attachment to any other person. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Redeemer Health. Redeemer Health may monitor email traffic data. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
