When we made the switch to a B-5 substitute, we performed a blind study,
using various substitutes on the market.  We eventually decided on B-Plus
Fix from BBC.  It has worked well in our lab, but is still not an absolute
B-5 replacement.  Besides the 2 subs that you listed, we also tested
Surgipath's substitute,  I.B.F.  Good luck, it is a difficult change to
make. 

Sheila Tapper
Anatomic Pathology Team Leader
SMDC Health System
Duluth, MN

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Cindy Higgerson [SMTP:chiggerson@memhosp.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:55 PM
	To:	Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
	Subject:	B-5 Substitutes


	Does anyone have experience with Z-5 (Anatech) or AZF (Newcomer
Supply)?
	We are in search of a substitute for B-5 fixative and would
appreciate
	input from those who have actually used them. Also, please let me
know
	if there are others out there that are worth looking into.
	Thanks in advance!

	Cindy Higgerson
	Memorial Hospital
	Belleville, Illinois
	chiggerson@memhosp.com