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From: "Rene J Buesa"
To: "Brendal Finlay" ,
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: 08/13/2015 15:33
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Xylene Free Labs - Coverslipping and Frozen Section
Questions
1-After you oven dry your stained sections, you use the very sam
To: "Brendal Finlay" ,
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: 08/13/2015 15:33
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Xylene Free Labs - Coverslipping and Frozen Section
Questions
1-After you oven dry your stained sections, you use the very same medium you
always have used. I used Permount.
2- Given the
1-After you oven dry your stained sections, you use the very same medium you
always have used. I used Permount.2- Given the very special constrains of FS
(ready for diagnoses within 20 minutes of receiving the specimen) I used an
aqueous mounting medium. After the diagnosis was made, I eliminate
For those labs who are xylene free I have two questions:
1. What mounting medium do you use when coverslipping oven dried slides?
2. How are you running down and coverslipping frozen sections after staining
them?
I'd like to make sure the stains are preserved over time and my experience with
Hello,
How common are xylene-free labs in the histo world? I worked for 3 years at a
research service histology lab, and am now in a research lab. I miss
histology, and have considered getting certified so that I can have a career in
it, but my sensitivity to xylene has made me hesitate. Is
