[Histonet] Cleaning Tissue Molds

2016-07-15 Thread Kennedy, Lisa via Histonet
Thanks to everyone who submitted their best practices to me in regards to cleaning the tissue block molds. I appreciate all of your great ideas! Thanks again, Lisa This email and attachments contain information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, notif

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2016-07-14 Thread Jennifer MacDonald via Histonet
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2016-07-14 Thread Mayer,Toysha N via Histonet
delete all references to it and its contents from your systems. Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:18:12 + From: "Kennedy, Lisa" To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Subject: [Histonet] Cleaning Tissue Molds Message-ID: <517c2a781e654047

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2016-07-14 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
Place your molds in a 2% dishwasher soap boiling solution for 5 minutes → was in running water for 5 minutes → dry in a convection oven at 60ºC for 10 minutes and your molds will be ready to use.As a "release" solution use a mixture 1:1 of 2-propanol and mineral oil (light weight).René On

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2016-07-14 Thread iliana Dimitrova via Histonet
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Cleaning Tissue Molds We soak our molds in Xylene for @ 2hrs, then soak in 100% alcohol for @ 30 minutes( with occasional stirring to clear the xylene), then rinse in H2O, let dry(laid out) and spray with the mold release. Valerie Hannen,MLT(

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2016-07-14 Thread Hannen, Valerie via Histonet
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Cleaning Tissue Molds Dear Fellow Histo Techs, What is the BEST practice for cleaning the paraffin block tissue molds? We do not want to use our processor due to its age and wear and tear and frequent replacement of cellanoids when we clean them via the

[Histonet] Cleaning Tissue Molds

2016-07-14 Thread Kennedy, Lisa via Histonet
Dear Fellow Histo Techs, What is the BEST practice for cleaning the paraffin block tissue molds? We do not want to use our processor due to its age and wear and tear and frequent replacement of cellanoids when we clean them via the processor. Thanks so much for your help! In advance. Sincerely,