25+ years in Histology, half the places I worked had vents on the wall near the
countertop where we did specials, otherwise it was on the counterclosest to the
sink. The only times we were time doing anything under a hood was for frozen
section staining because of the fresh tissue, mixing sulfer
y/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center
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I would like to know how many people perform (manual) routine special stains
under a hood. We do basic specials - Giemsa, AB/PAS, GMS, Trichrome, Muci -
but we do them on the counter, not under a hood. We have been told the
staining needs to be done under a hood, but I have never done that in
