Fascinating Tony!
We don’t typically leave them in the warming drawer any longer than a
couple of hours, but maybe this particular tonsil was left linger for some
reason and no one thought anything of it?! Something to consider for sure!
Thanks.
Greg
On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 9:37 PM Tony Henwood (SC
Processing seems adequate.
After processing, how long do they sit in the embedding centre block holding
tank before embedding?
We found that quite a few antigens were affected when we stored control tonsil
in the embedding centre (dry) at 60oC for a few days before embedding. In
summary:
Anti
Good afternoon Fellow histonetters!
I was wondering if there are any tertiary institutions out there that have
set a benchmark for reprocessing tissue? We tend to be less than 1%, but
would love to see what others think is reasonable.
Thanks for the feedback and hope you all are having an excell
Hello colleagues,
I recently stained (IHC) a section of normal tonsil from another facility
with p16 and the resulting stain was better than the same stain on a
section of my labs own normal tonsil control.
This has led us to question our processing schedule. I am not concerned
with our fixation
John,
You are such a wealth of information. I look forward to your posts. I learn
something every time. That is going to be my reading list as well.
Thank you.
Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
6770 Bertner Ave
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-6524 (lab)
832-355-6812 (fax)
Betsy Molinari
