RE: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Podawiltz, Thomas
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Blazek, Linda [lbla...@digestivespecialists.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:47 PM To: 'Jennifer Johnson'; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol We use about the same amount or eosin in the first 100% alcohol and also do

RE: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Morken, Tim
nifer Johnson Subject: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol I have never heard of eosin interfering with IHC, as a matter of fact, I did use it regularly and never had a problem with the IHC. Perhaps there was another cause for the problems with the IHC. rené J. --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Jennifer Johnson

[Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Rene J Buesa
: Eosin in alcohol To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 1:06 PM We have used Eosin in the last 95% alcohol on the tissue processor for several years.  I usually add approximately 5 ml to the full jug.  It is a great tool to use for embedding.  However, we

Re: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Tarango
I think they are probably getting weak unwanted staining with P504s/AMACR antibody on benign glands on their PIN4s. Since this antibody is usually pink/red, it sounds like someone might have decided that the unwanted color came from eosin in the processor, but this would be the wrong conclusion.

RE: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Della Speranza, Vinnie
ly 01, 2009 1:07 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol We have used Eosin in the last 95% alcohol on the tissue processor for several years. I usually add approximately 5 ml to the full jug. It is a great tool to use for embedding. However, we recei

RE: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Blazek, Linda
ieval process of staining immunos. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Johnson Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:07 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Eos

Re: [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread DKBoyd
Histologist, Southside Regional Medical Center, 200 Medical Park Boulevard, Petersburg, Va. 23805, T: 804-765-5050, F: 804-765-5582, dkb...@chs.net Jennifer Johnson Sent by: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 07/01/2009 01:09 PM To cc Subject [Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol We

[Histonet] Re: Eosin in alcohol

2009-07-01 Thread Jennifer Johnson
We have used Eosin in the last 95% alcohol on the tissue processor for several years. I usually add approximately 5 ml to the full jug. It is a great tool to use for embedding. However, we received a letter from the lab that we send our prostate biopsies to saying that it was undesirable bec