Edna,
		I really feel that your best bet is to get some training at a good
histology lab. so that you can get some of the basics. Even a week or two
would be beneficial. Failing that, get someone in to set you up and help
you get started.
Good histology takes some time to master the techniques so that you get
consistent results. If you have no experience with paraffin then you need
to start off on the right foot.
Barry

At 02:01 PM 08/12/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>I have experience with working with cryostat ,but not a lot working with
>paraffin embedding. Recently, we changed to paraffin embedding in the lab.
>Can someone help me and guide me to do paraffin embedding? What do I have
>to do to prepare the tissue cassettes, how is this done? I have the concept
>but I want to be sure. How do you use the embedding rings? Is there a good
>book that will show me how to do paraffin embedding step-by-step?
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>We are going to use a Citadel tissue processor (from Shandon) and I have
>never used it before either. Hope someone can help me on this.
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>Edna J. Gonzalez
>Histology Lab
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