Yes, this happened in our lab also. It was overnight and not 3 hours but it was
all gone in the AM. We weren't even allowed to keep the stir plate after that
one. Sheila Adey HT MLT Port Huron Hospital Michigan Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008
14:03:23 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: FW: [Histonet] Can you believe it-Original Message-
From: Woodward, Denise Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:00 PM To: 'Webb,
Dorothy L' Subject: RE: [Histonet] Can you believe it Yes I Have heard of
total disintegration. A histologist friend in Maine told me about having to
take the heat knob off a combination heat/stir plate when the heat knob was
turned on instead of the stir knob and the cassettes of bone to be
decalcified completely disintegrated by morning. This happened twice. The heat
knob was removed before the third occurrence could transpire! Denise Long
Woodward -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Webb, Dorothy L Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:03
PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Can you believe
it Has anyone ever heard of cassettes and tissue totally disintegrating in
formic acid decal solution with a high heat on the solution for about 3
hours? We had 3 cassettes with tissue for decal placed in our container on
the platform for adding agitation. Someone had moved the knob to heat and this
wasn't noticed until about 2-3 hours later, when it was boiling! We cannot
locate the cassettes (I think someone misplaced them) and others think they
totally disintegrated with the decal and heat...what does everyone think?
In all of my years of histology, never have I heard of anything so weird
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