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Subject: Re: [Histonet] gram stain controls
I always used actual tissues with gram +/- bacteria because it is not the
t: [Histonet] gram stain controls
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Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 3:29 PM
My pathologist has made a gram neg/pos control block for us to use.
He made this by taking separate cultures of each and
My pathologist has made a gram neg/pos control block for us to use.
He made this by taking separate cultures of each and suspended them in
histo gel. The control stains well. My question is: Since we are
performing gram stain on tissues exclusively, will this cultured control
be an accepted me