Re: [Histonet] filtering cytology stains
Hi - why not look at something like a millipore (millivex) syringe filter? This website has the application choice on it - or perhaps speak to your Millipore rep? http://www.millipore.com/techpublications/tech1/pb1951en00 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Brandi Higgins brandihigg...@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, I was wondering how you are filtering your cytology stains. We are a relatively small lab, so we have been gravity filtering our cytology stains, but as we are getting busier with a larger volume of slides, especially fna's this is becoming a very time consuming process. I think vacuum filtration would be almost as lengthy a process. It was suggested that we look into getting some 200ml syringes that can come with an attached filter to suck in and pump out the fluid for faster filtration...is anyone using such a process? If so, do you have product names/numbers for the filters or the syringes. If anyone has another method they are using I would like to hear any suggestions. Thanks in advance for you input, Brandi Higgins, BS, HT(ASCP) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet -- Louise Renton Bone Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa +27 11 717 2298 (tel fax) 073 5574456 (emergencies only) There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] filtering cytology stains
Hi Brandi, Depending on your stain line set up and the number of FNA's that you are doing, you may want to consider having multiple stain set up's that you can switch to in a hurry. This works well if you only filter stains and change alcohols. You can keep several boats or the smaller manual staining dishes filled with Hematoxlyn, OG and EA. Even better and quicker if you use the EA/OG combo stain. The stain dishes or boats that were used for positive FNA's can be tagged with a colored sticker and set aside to be filtered all together. Steve -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of louise renton Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:16 AM To: Brandi Higgins; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] filtering cytology stains Hi - why not look at something like a millipore (millivex) syringe filter? This website has the application choice on it - or perhaps speak to your Millipore rep? http://www.millipore.com/techpublications/tech1/pb1951en00 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Brandi Higgins brandihigg...@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, I was wondering how you are filtering your cytology stains. We are a relatively small lab, so we have been gravity filtering our cytology stains, but as we are getting busier with a larger volume of slides, especially fna's this is becoming a very time consuming process. I think vacuum filtration would be almost as lengthy a process. It was suggested that we look into getting some 200ml syringes that can come with an attached filter to suck in and pump out the fluid for faster filtration...is anyone using such a process? If so, do you have product names/numbers for the filters or the syringes. If anyone has another method they are using I would like to hear any suggestions. Thanks in advance for you input, Brandi Higgins, BS, HT(ASCP) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet -- Louise Renton Bone Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa +27 11 717 2298 (tel fax) 073 5574456 (emergencies only) There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ___ 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
[Histonet] filtering cytology stains
Hello All, I was wondering how you are filtering your cytology stains. We are a relatively small lab, so we have been gravity filtering our cytology stains, but as we are getting busier with a larger volume of slides, especially fna's this is becoming a very time consuming process. I think vacuum filtration would be almost as lengthy a process. It was suggested that we look into getting some 200ml syringes that can come with an attached filter to suck in and pump out the fluid for faster filtration...is anyone using such a process? If so, do you have product names/numbers for the filters or the syringes. If anyone has another method they are using I would like to hear any suggestions. Thanks in advance for you input, Brandi Higgins, BS, HT(ASCP) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
