Re: [Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media

2011-05-15 Thread Rene J Buesa
...@excaliburpathology.com; 'John Smallwood' jrsmallw...@bell.net; 'Histonet' histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:48 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media Now you guys have done it!!! All the QAQC gurus are thinking!!! Rae Staskiewicz -Original

[Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media

2011-05-14 Thread John Smallwood
To all Quality Control Purists There seems to be a growing concern with regards to outdating on reagents and their continued use beyond this date. I notice that Histological wax and Mounting media are dated with an expiry date. Just begging the question-should we go back. melt down and

RE: [Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media

2011-05-14 Thread Rae Staskiewicz
; Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Outdating- Embedding Wax and Mounting Media How funny! You are so right! What about the ink on all of those old reports and reference books? Isn't ink a dye in solvent? The best special stains I ever did were back in the day when I made my own solutions from dry