[Histonet] Hematoxylin streaking

2015-10-27 Thread Bernard Paniccia via Histonet
Hello histonet! Long time, first time. My lab recently transitioned from hand staining for our routine H+Es to using the Leica autostainer XL. The machine seems to work fine and the protocol is nearly identical to our hand staining one. The problem we've run into is that there is a streak of resi

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-23 Thread Bob Richmond via Histonet
The alum hematoxylins I've worked with required daily filtration. An iridescent scum on top of the hematoxylin means you're overdue to filter. When you brew a fresh batch of alum hematoxylin, it's a light yellow color. As it oxidizes (slowly if you depend on atmospheric oxygen, instantly if you ad

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-23 Thread Manfre, Philip via Histonet
22, 2015 5:04 PM To: gayle.cal...@bresnan.net; Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate Liz, Phillip and all that are interested, I take it you have guys never looked at or had someone else examine what is at the bottom of the Hematoxylin filter after you put through a day's wo

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate and filtering Gill formulations

2015-09-22 Thread Gayle Callis via Histonet
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:26 PM To: Elizabeth Chlipala ; Tim H Cc: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu) Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate Wow, I agree with Liz. There should not routinely be "so much tis

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Elizabeth Chlipala via Histonet
, Unit E Longmont, CO 80504 -Original Message- From: Tim H via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3:04 PM To: gayle.cal...@bresnan.net; Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate Liz, Phillip and all that are interested, I

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Tim H via Histonet
by no means is meant for any weak stomach individuals or those preparing for the zombie apocalypse. > From: gayle.cal...@bresnan.net > To: thiggin...@msn.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:27:21 -0

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Gayle Callis via Histonet
2, 2015 11:25 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate You should be filtering your Hematoxylin on a daily basis regardless of what the manufactures says. We use to filter twice a day since we did a traditional overnight run and then again in the afternoon for spec

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Manfre, Philip via Histonet
tern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:55 PM To: Tim H; 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu) Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate I think you may a have a serious problem if "so much tissue washes off" if that is happening you

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Elizabeth Chlipala via Histonet
1:25 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate You should be filtering your Hematoxylin on a daily basis regardless of what the manufactures says. We use to filter twice a day since we did a traditional overnight run and then again in the aft

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Tim H via Histonet
;Sandra Cheasty" > To: "Histonet (histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu)" > > Subject: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate > Message-ID: <4cda87133587e64c965ce6c356d18...@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > He

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Manfre, Philip via Histonet
n.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:28 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate Dear Histonetters, There is some *Denatured Ethanol* bottles in the lab I just started working in (CDA, Fisher brand). Can this denatured ethanol be use

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Alida Bailleul via Histonet
Dear Histonetters, There is some *Denatured Ethanol* bottles in the lab I just started working in (CDA, Fisher brand). Can this denatured ethanol be used for histological processing? I have never used this product, only absolute pure ethanol. Please advise. Thank you very much All the best Alid

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-22 Thread Michael Ann Jones via Histonet
Yes, me too. Turquois blue bacteria looking guys. Trying to filter and use within a couple of days. Has anyone mentioned this to their vendor? Michael Ann Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP) Histology Manager Metropath 7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250 Lakewood, CO 80226 303.634.2511 mjo...@metropath.com On

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-21 Thread nancy lowen via Histonet
Yes, I have had the same experience.Filtering  it seems to help. On Monday, September 21, 2015 1:22 PM, Sandra Cheasty via Histonet wrote: Hello all,                 Has anyone using Richard Allen Hematoxylin-2 noticed an odd artifact on the slides after using the Hematoxylin for

[Histonet] Hematoxylin Precipitate

2015-09-21 Thread Sandra Cheasty via Histonet
Hello all, Has anyone using Richard Allen Hematoxylin-2 noticed an odd artifact on the slides after using the Hematoxylin for more than a few days on their stainer? We are seeing small spore or pollen-like blue dots here and there on the slides. It is not coming from the water b

[Histonet] Hematoxylin too dark

2013-08-06 Thread Shea's
Our new lot of Hematoxylin is too dark and especially overstains the mucins in colon bxs and even membranes/umbilical cord. Reducing the time from 3 minutes to 1 min helps some, but it the inappropriate dark staining of the mucins is a real problem. We are also getting a film of hematoxylin

[Histonet] hematoxylin back to deparaffin?

2013-03-25 Thread Sophia Lin
We had a slight mistake with the deparaffin slides. A timer was not set, long story short. The deparaffinized slides went too far and proceeded to Hematoxylin. We have a linear stainer, so we took it back out from hematoxylin when we noticed the error and placed it into water to rinse. Then back to

[Histonet] Hematoxylin & Eosin-Y Re-staining

2013-03-15 Thread Allyse Mazzarelli
Hi all you histonetters! I had stained a couple of slides yesterday using H&E, but the staining came out a little too light for my liking. Any set protocols for stripping the stain and redoing it? (I use 7100 plastic resin). I've put the slides in xylene to remove the coverslip/mounting medium, an

RE: [Histonet] Hematoxylin issue

2012-12-18 Thread WILLIAM DESALVO
; From: janine.simmsco...@jmmc.com > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] Hematoxylin issue > > Good afternoon all, > > > > I have been addressed with an issue which I would like some assistance > with. My pathologist recently reviewed some skin s

[Histonet] Hematoxylin issue

2012-12-18 Thread SimmsColon, Janine
Good afternoon all, I have been addressed with an issue which I would like some assistance with. My pathologist recently reviewed some skin slides from 2007 and noticed the hematoxylin was completely gone and only the eosin remained. We use Gill's II hematoxylin, and glass cover slips with xyl

[Histonet] hematoxylin and DAB/Alkaline Phosphatase staining

2011-05-11 Thread Cheuk Ho Tam
Dear Histonet Members, I am currently staining 20 um cryostat sections of brain tissue and visualizing with DAB along with hematoxylin counterstain. For sections stained with the same concentration of primary antibody, I seem to get lighter DAB staining for slides with hematoxylin than ones wi

Re: [Histonet] hematoxylin washed off

2011-05-07 Thread histot...@imagesbyhopper.com
We had a similar thing happen last week, except in our case it was the eosin was very pale & the hematoxylin was more blue than purple. Through our troubleshooting steps, we determined it could have only been the processor reagents. We fully changed it and the problem went away. While I am del

Re: [Histonet] hematoxylin washed off

2011-05-06 Thread V. Neubert
Is it only the HTX which is pale? Did you change anything else? Like dewaxing? anuradha shrivastava: > Hello Every body, > We changed the solutions testerday in the processor, and today Dr. complained > about pale hematoxylin. Can u suggest what is wrong. > thanks. > anu. > __

[Histonet] hematoxylin washed off

2011-05-06 Thread anuradha shrivastava
Hello Every body, We changed the solutions testerday in the processor, and today Dr. complained about pale hematoxylin. Can u suggest what is wrong. thanks. anu. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/

[Histonet] hematoxylin stain for polyester wax sections

2010-09-22 Thread Onstead-Cardinale, Luisa
Can anyone suggest a good hematoxylin counterstain for central nervous system tissue embedded in polyester wax? And provide a recipe? Thank you Luisa Luisa Onstead-Cardinale, M.S. Research Associate UF Biomedical Research Laboratory, Room 121 655 West 11th Street Jacksonville, Fl 32206

RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron

2010-04-18 Thread Laurie Reilly
du Subject: RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron In a good H&E, the eosin/phloxine is supposed to be 3 shades: - RBC's/eosinophils/Paneth cells the deepest shade of pink - muscle medium shade of pink - collagen/connective tissue lightest shade of pink Unfortunately, if the eosin and/o

RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron

2010-04-18 Thread Lee & Peggy Wenk
n.edu] On Behalf Of Kalleberg, Kristopher Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 1:45 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron Can someone please explain to me the purpose of a hematoxylin-eosin saffron stain. Why would this be used over the normal hematoxylin and

Re: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron

2010-04-16 Thread Bryan Hewlett
-- From: "Kalleberg, Kristopher" To: Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 1:44 PM Subject: [Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron Can someone please explain to me the purpose of a hematoxylin-eosin saffron stain. Why would this be used over the normal hematoxylin and eaosin stain. Thank you

[Histonet] hematoxylin-eosin saffron

2010-04-16 Thread Kalleberg, Kristopher
Can someone please explain to me the purpose of a hematoxylin-eosin saffron stain. Why would this be used over the normal hematoxylin and eaosin stain. Thank you in advance. Kris ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists

[Histonet] Re: [ Histonet ] Hematoxylin

2009-11-11 Thread histonet . nospam
Gill II (ThermoFisher) 5 min, 3x1 min A. Dest. That's it :) > I need some pointers on how to intensify the hematoxylin on the H and E > stain. Is there a way to do that? I currently use Richard Allan hematoxylin > 7211. The H is weak. All reagents were changed out last night. Any of your > exp

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin

2009-11-11 Thread Paula Pierce
From: DELIA GARCIA To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 10:12:19 AM Subject: [Histonet] Hematoxylin I need some pointers on how to intensify the hematoxylin on the H and E stain. Is there a way to do that? I currently use Richard Allan hematoxylin 7211. The H is

[Histonet] Hematoxylin

2009-11-11 Thread DELIA GARCIA
I need some pointers on how to intensify the hematoxylin on the H and E stain. Is there a way to do that? I currently use Richard Allan hematoxylin 7211. The H is weak. All reagents were changed out last night. Any of your expertise would be of great help. Thank you guys in advance.   Delia

[Histonet] hematoxylin and nova red staining

2009-10-13 Thread del phillips
If hematoxylin is place on a slide before the nova red is it too late to add the nova red after the hematoxylin? Thanks ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

[Histonet] Hematoxylin Quality

2009-07-09 Thread Goins, Tresa
Our lab is currently considering a swich from Richard-Allan Hematoxylin 1 (at $154 per liter) to PremiumLine Hematoxylin (at $30.00 per liter). The pathologists actually prefer the staining results from the cheaper source, but are concerned about longevity - we are required to store the slides

Re: [Histonet] hematoxylin Question

2009-03-24 Thread Jennifer MacDonald
We use ours for a few weeks, but we do filter it before use. kristen arvidson Sent by: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 03/24/2009 07:48 AM Please respond to arvidsonkris...@yahoo.com To histonet cc Subject [Histonet] hematoxylin Question Hello All, How long is hematoxylin

RE: [Histonet] hematoxylin Question

2009-03-24 Thread Swain, Frances L
-Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of kristen arvidson Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:44 AM To: histonet Subject: [Histonet] hematoxylin Question Hello All, How long is hematoxylin (we use Richard

[Histonet] hematoxylin Question

2009-03-24 Thread kristen arvidson
Hello All, How long is hematoxylin (we use Richard-Allen Heme 2) good for after it is poured into a staining container?  The stain gets used so infrequently I would like to keep it as long as I can.  We currently dump it weekly regardless of use.  Thank you.   -Kristen ___

Re: [Histonet] hematoxylin

2009-02-18 Thread Rene J Buesa
bottles and fill them again sharing the solution equally between both. René J. --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Hana Peter wrote: From: Hana Peter Subject: [Histonet] hematoxylin To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 1:41 PM Hello! I have two liters of hematoxylin Lillie

[Histonet] hematoxylin

2009-02-17 Thread Hana Peter
Hello! I have two liters of hematoxylin Lillie Mayer modification, "home made" a month ago. One bottle (1L) seems perfectly OK, but the other have some precipitate (actually two or three very large crystals). They were stored in the same cupboard at room temperature. Two weeks ago we were a few day

[Histonet] Hematoxylin

2009-01-13 Thread richard peralta
Tanya  i've used several type of Hematoxylin in my entire life working in histology.Different pathologist like different outcome of hematoxylin.its hard to pleased everybody...but i always come back w/ one commercial  Harris Hematoxylin made by Fischer..its w/  acetic acid and m

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides

2009-01-09 Thread njoydobro
you know that TBS works for bluing any hematoxylin. Gene -Original Message- From: Kelly Boyd To: histonet Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 2:46 pm Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides Biocare's Cat Hematoxylin is really good. One real nice feature is that you

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides

2009-01-08 Thread Kelly Boyd
)-830-0032     --- On Thu, 1/8/09, anh2...@med.cornell.edu wrote: From: anh2...@med.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides To: "Ring, Mary L" , histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 1:05 PM I use Dako Mayer's fo

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides

2009-01-08 Thread anh2006
I use Dako Mayer's for 5 seconds followed by roughly a minute in bueing solution. Gorgeous blue. -Original Message- From: "Ring, Mary L" Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:50:00 To: Subject: [Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides Hello! I am looking for a g

[Histonet] Hematoxylin Counterstain for IHC slides

2009-01-08 Thread Ring, Mary L
Hello! I am looking for a good hematoxylin counterstain for IHC slides. My pathologists are familiar with the bright blue color of Ventana's hematoxylin counterstain, so I am looking for something similar. Thanks for your help! Mary This e-mail and an

Re: [Histonet] Hematoxylin staining and Calcification

2008-11-28 Thread John Kiernan
Yes. Lillie RD & Fullmer HM 1976. Histopathologic Technic an= d Practical Histochemistry, 4th ed. New York: McG= raw-Hill. Page 540, about one quarter of the way do= wn the page.   John Kiernan  Anatomy, UWO London, Canada=  = = => - Orig

[Histonet] Hematoxylin staining and Calcification

2008-11-25 Thread AGrobe2555
Hello all, Is there anything published on using H&E staining to presumptively indicate calcification (primarily the hematoxylin)? Thanks, Albert Albert C. Grobe, PhD Tissue Engineering Lab International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation **One site has it all. Your email acc