Re: [Histonet] Validating slides

2014-06-05 Thread Michael Ann Jones
My experience with slide quality is that no matter who or where you get your slides from you can have variability even within the same pack. We found the slide we felt to be the most consistent high quality and we use that never checking lot to lot validity. An immuno technical specialist showed us

Re: [Histonet] Validating slides

2014-06-05 Thread Michael Ann Jones
P.S. We use Platinum series from Mercedes Medical (so far we're okay) previously we used Fisher Superfrost +, good quality, however these were very expensive. Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP) Histology Manager Metropath 7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250 Lakewood, CO 80226 303.634.2511 mjo...@metropath.com O

[Histonet] Validating slides

2014-06-04 Thread Sharon Scalise
I am looking for comments about validating slides in histology/immuno. We have always validated our charged slides if we went to a new brand/vendor in order to ensure that the tissue sections will adhere properly during immuno procedures and certain special stains. Once we found them to be acc