I wonder if any of you have any experience purchasing control tissues or
slides from a commercial site. As a school, we don't have access to tissues
as you do when you work in a hospital. While our local hospitals have been
very kind in supplying control tissues they need them too so it is not an
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Joy
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:39 PM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] commercial control slides
Can anyone recommend a brand or line of commercial control slides for oil
red O?
Thanks,
Steve Joy, BSc
this is hard to do because of the frozen section requirement. However, we
make smears out of mayonnaise when we have Oil Red O stain and it works
well. Good luck
JTT
- Original Message -
From: "Steven Joy"
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:38 PM
Subject: [Histonet]
Steve:
I would think of keeping a frozen block of fatty tissue around and cutting
fresh control when you do the stain or throw some precut slides in the freezer
after fixation, as the specimen needs to be fresh frozen anyway and cannot come
in contact with any alcohols. Skin is an OK tissue, a
Can anyone recommend a brand or line of commercial control slides for oil red O?
Thanks,
Steve Joy, BSc. MLT
Research and Development Technologist
5B2.03 Anatomical Pathology
University of Alberta Hospital
8440-112 st
Edmonton Ab
T6G 2B7
Phone: (780) 407-8015
Fax: (780) 407-3009
Email: steven
