They should be fixed in absolute alcohol and can go on the processor at the
absolute alcohol step, or they can go into the xylene if completely fixed and
dehydrated.
-Original Message-
From: Piche, Jessica via Histonet
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 8:24 AM
To: Histonet
Subject:
Good Morning Everyone,
I hope you all had a nice weekend. What are people doing to process gout
specimens? Are you fixing them in Absolute alcohol (and for how long), and then
loading on tissue processor starting in xylene? I'm hearing different things
and am curious about what other people
We use the Tissue Tek Glas with our Ventana labeled slides with no problem.
The key is to insure the label does not hang off the edge in the slightest.
However, it does not put them in a tray, however, that function only takes
about 10 seconds.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for
