Re: [Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 194, Issue 15

2020-01-20 Thread Amos Brooks via Histonet
Hi Betsy, I wouldn't do it. It's an unnecessary risk to let them dry out. Better to leave it in distilled water if you absolutely must. Ideal to not deparaffinize in the first place if you can't finish the stain. Dried out sections is just a bad plan. Amos Brooks On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 1:00

[Histonet] Grossing manual examples

2020-01-20 Thread Charles Riley via Histonet
Is anyone willing to share an example of their grossing manual setup? I am trying to get ours updated as I feel it doesn't adequately provide instruction on how to gross specimens.I would like some examples to show our pathologists what would be helpful so they can modify the current one we

Re: [Histonet] Deparaffinized slides

2020-01-20 Thread Betsy Molinari via Histonet
Great! Thank you! Betsy Molinari Sr. Histology Research Technician CV Pathology Research Texas Heart Institute 6770 Bertner Avenue, MC 1-283 Houston, TX 77030 Office: 832-355-6524 | Fax: 832-355-6812 Email: bmolin...@texasheart.org texasheart.org |

[Histonet] Deparaffinized slides

2020-01-20 Thread Betsy Molinari via Histonet
Good day and Happy Martin Luther King Day. What are your thoughts on letting deparaffinized slides dry to be used for future use , or keep in DI water for a time? I deparaffinized some slides this morning, then the researcher called and asked me to hold off on staining them. I am going to