Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Lynette Pavelich via Histonet
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Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Muhammad Azam via Histonet
CARD >> Guys Campus, London Bridge >> Kings College London >> London >> SE1 1UL >> >> >> 020 7848 6813 >> >> >> From: Lynette Pavelich >> Sent: 22 July 2020 19:19 >> To: Hobbs, Carl >> Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthweste

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Lynette Pavelich via Histonet
> Guys Campus, London Bridge > Kings College London > London > SE1 1UL > > > 020 7848 6813 > > > From: Lynette Pavelich > Sent: 22 July 2020 19:19 > To: Hobbs, Carl > Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin >

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Hobbs, Carl via Histonet
Guys Campus, London Bridge  Kings College London London SE1 1UL   020 7848 6813 From: Lynette Pavelich Sent: 22 July 2020 19:19 To: Hobbs, Carl Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin   I would suggest to always refer to your reagent’s IFU insert. This

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Lynette Pavelich via Histonet
I would suggest to always refer to your reagent’s IFU insert. This will advise at what temperature you should use/store. All inspectors (CAP, JC, CLIA, etc.) will make you adhere to these specifications. Unless you do a well documented validation study that goes outside of these restrictions fr

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Sheeder, Christopher via Histonet
s.org -Original Message- From: Martin, Erin Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 6:14 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Warm formalin Hello everyone! We have a referring clinician that is concerned about leaving his specimens in an outdoor lockbox in the summer because the formalin

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Hobbs, Carl via Histonet
Depends on what you are doing with the sections. IHC or just dye -staining? Sure...too hot ( cooking) is not recommended, as stated Also stated is that high -temp fixation may also be used with no deleterious effects as long as the fixation time is not extended. However, RT -ish even for a week wo

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-22 Thread Garrey Faller via Histonet
I agree with Paula. I think the doc has a legitimate concern. Garrey Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2020, at 1:20 AM, Patpxs via Histonet > wrote: > > Hi Erin, > > Often heat is applied to formalin to speed up fixation. That said there is > probably a temperature point where it goes fr

Re: [Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-21 Thread Patpxs via Histonet
Hi Erin, Often heat is applied to formalin to speed up fixation. That said there is probably a temperature point where it goes from fixing tissue to cooking it. Paula Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Martin, Erin via Histonet > wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > We have

[Histonet] Warm formalin

2020-07-21 Thread Martin, Erin via Histonet
Hello everyone! We have a referring clinician that is concerned about leaving his specimens in an outdoor lockbox in the summer because the formalin will get hot. I don't think that having some specimens in formalin in hot weather would cause any problems but I can't find any references one wa