Just another idea : I have used dental wax. Comes in a package of about
20 sheets pf pink wax, each 7.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 0.2 cm. It's a little bit
more pliable than the waste paraffin, but not as cheap :-) I cut it in
a long rectangle so that it sticks out of the formalin with the tissue
at the
We used to make our own. We would get a large shallow cardboard box, fill it
with paraffin. Let it cool. Then peel the cardboard away
You can submerse that in formalin. And you can custom cut them to whatever
size you need.
Loralee McMahon, HTL (ASCP)
Immunohistochemistry Supervisor
Karen Heckford HT ASCP CE at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco asks:
Does anyone know where to get specimen boards that you can pin specimens to
and then submerse in formalin? I ordered them a long time ago and cannot
remember where I got them.
I've solved this problem several ways.
