RE: [Histonet] colon resection fixation

2009-01-04 Thread Lee & Peggy Wenk
, January 03, 2009 7:07 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] colon resection fixation On our last HistoQuip it was mentioned that our section for a colon specimen was under fixed or poorly fixed. Now ...we routinely fix in formalin overnite and the overnite in O-Fix. But there

Re: [Histonet] colon resection fixation

2009-01-04 Thread Rene J Buesa
microscopic image. René J. --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Joseph N. Pastore wrote: From: Joseph N. Pastore Subject: [Histonet] colon resection fixation To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 7:07 PM On our last HistoQuip it was mentioned that our section for a colon specimen

[Histonet] colon resection fixation

2009-01-03 Thread Joseph N. Pastore
On our last HistoQuip it was mentioned that our section for a colon specimen was under fixed or poorly fixed. Now ...we routinely fix in formalin overnite and the overnite in O-Fix. But there are times when the specimen has to be stored in the OR refrig after COB. Can this be the problem and do