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On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Kienitz, Kari wrote:
> If your acetic acid solution is made in-houseI would suggest remaking
> it, just in case it was accidently made stronger.
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> Kari Kienitz HT, (ASCP)
> Histology Laboratory
> Portland Gastroenterology
> The Oregon Clinic
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> From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [
> histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sophia Lin [
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:26 AM
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> Subject: [Histonet] linear stainer hematoxylin staining issues
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> We have the Hacker linear stainer, and for the past two weeks we had clean,
> crisp H&E staining. However, last Friday, something happened and our H&E
> stains no longer look crisp, but instead have a hazy, unreadable look.
> Nothing different has been done, and we have troubleshot for every possible
> scenario. After a clean set up, we noticed that the hematoxylin is not
> staining very well. We have it set for 2 minutes with agitation for a
> uniform staining. Hematoxylin is Harris Special (mercury free) from MCC and
> the eosin is with phloxine b from AMT. After the hematoxylin (2 buckets for
> total of 4.5 minutes), we use 1.5% acetic acid. It seems that the
> hematoxylin is not staining well.
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> Any tips? We may need to consider increasing a bucket for hematoxylin?
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> Thanks,
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> Sophia
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