Thank you for the insights into recycling. Our surveys are based on labs
achieving a quality of staining and processing that ensures accurate clinical
interpretation and labs are generally doing an excellent job regardless of the
reagents used which is a tribute to their QC.
It would be great to
Hi John,
There is anecdotal evidence that recycled xylene is of a better quality than
the original purchased product. We have found it to be so. No processing nor
staining problems unless there has been a recycling issue (as shown by the CBG
xylene purity test).
I suppose we have to access e
Interesting discussion.
At CPQA we recently started a H&E EQA program that includes fixation and
processing in the feedback to participants and in a recent mini-survey I found
that a third of labs use recycled product somewhere in the pre-analytic phase.
When we are continuously challenged by pre
