If the specimen is placed on absorbent paper prior to fixation, the paper will
gradually absorb the water from the specimen causing it to dry out.
Microscopically the tissue will look a little like what you see when a laser
scalpel is used to excise a skin specimen. The heat affected eosin stain
In our GI Laboratory we have both and we do between 35 and 55 blocks per day. I
would not want to have to choose between the both.
I would get a "new" Auto stainer because the quality of your stained slides
would be more consistent and be easier to assess for QC purposes.
I would get a "use
The one thing I would do is to make sure you choose a glass coverslip.
Plastic is not good over time and varying temperatures.
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> On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:18 PM, Patsy Ruegg wrote:
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> I have seen so many more problems with auto coverslippers, they break down,
> the cover does not
Staining is a more complex step than coverslipping. Also a coverslip on a
section has more "latitude" and can, if necessary, be removed and coverslip in
a different way. A stained section, on the other hand, is almost impossible to
"correct". Between an autostainer and a coverslipper, I would ch
