[Histonet] New histology opening

2022-04-20 Thread Katherine Marano via Histonet
Hi Histonetters, I hope you are having a nice week. I wanted to reach out to you because I am working with a small, private lab located in Southern Louisiana that is looking to hire a full-time Histotech to work on their night shift performing routine histology duties. They are in a very afforda

[Histonet] Processor Failure Troubleshooting

2022-04-20 Thread jdhannasch--- via Histonet
Hello everyone, I’ve been fortunate enough to not deal with too many processor problems like a processor breaking down mid schedule or someone putting the wrong chemicals in wrong spot on the processor, but I want to plan for when these occurrences inevitably happens. Does anyone have any resou

[Histonet] Chromic vs Periodic Acid to oxidize tissues, and use of Thiosemicarbazide, for Grocott's Methenamine Silver (GMS) for fungi?

2022-04-20 Thread Hood, Jordan via Histonet
Hi all, A while back I asked you about how to successfully perform Jones' Methenamine Silver (JMS) stain on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pig kidneys, and your suggestions to use Thiosemicarbazide (TSC) after oxidation with Periodic Acid solved my issue with the silver solution instability (