We use and like the PASCAL pressure cooker system from DAKO, it is
uniform, convenient and fairly
Easy to use.
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jonsore...@chiwest.com
208-463-5267
Message: 17
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:05:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Nicholas David Evans"
Loretta,
When I was using the CBG recycler at a former employer, we had a similar
incident, because the drain was plugged when the waste container got too full
and the paraffin solidified in the drain tube.
Check that possibility.
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jo
After embedding in the buttocks and having the biopsy taken (to include the
spines) try soaking
the faced blocks in NAIR hair remover.
Might help,
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jonsoren...@chiwest.com
208-463-5267
Try embedding the spine in the buttocks of th
In response to what Tom McNemar wrote:
I too, am a certified HT,HTL for 25 plus years and strongly agree with Tom. I
followed a B.S. in Biology/Chemistry with training in a 2 year A.S. program
that included a 6 month stint as an unpaid intern at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN. I guess I wi
This is how we handle Frozen sections and touch preps for IHC:
Frozen tissue is picked up on "Plus" slides, the sections are air dried for
a approximately 1 hour and then fixed in room temperature acetone, and
finally air-dried again. These slides can now be used or stored in a
freezer for late
Does anyone in this group have any good ideas, either software or procedural
that will do a good job of document control.
Specifically:
1. Controlling who has access to editing and copies.
2. An automated review reminder process.
3. Electronic or online review and/or signature process.
T
70 C for 20-30 minutes, but beware of adding an adhesive to waterbaths if you
are using silane treated (plus) slides, you may be creating an adhesion problem
by doing so.
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jonsoren...@chiwest.com
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Is the person involved a smoker?
We have had trouble with the saliva of people that smoke not having
diastase in the past,
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jonsoren...@chiwest.com
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Histo
Is the person involved a smoker?
We have had trouble with the saliva of people that smoke not having
diastase in the past,
Jon
Jon Sorenson
Histology Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center
jonsoren...@chiwest.com
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Histo
