[Histonet] Crystals in PAS stain

2016-07-26 Thread donna mihalik rossi via Histonet
We are also having crystals show up on our PAS stain using the Ventana Benchmark . I was hoping using a new lot of stain would solve the problem but from previous posts I see this did not help. I will be contacting the company tomorrow. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks for your

[Histonet] Crystals in PAS

2016-07-22 Thread Amos Brooks via Histonet
Hi, If you are having trouble with the instrument and the manufacturer isn't able to fix it, just hand stain them. PAS is really not a complicated stain. Please don't just accept underperforming equipment when we are all capable of so much more. Amos

[Histonet] Crystals in PAS from Ventana

2016-07-20 Thread Mark, Danielle via Histonet
I am wondering if anyone else has been having issues with the PAS stain. The crystals are not rinsing off of the slide using the benchmark special stainer. We are on our 3rd lot number, no change. We have had our tubing changed and our instrument checked to make sure the rinse is