Is this a recent problem? If so, have you recently changed anything in
your
procedure? Does the G. Tric. work on non-Helly fixed tissue? Is it the
green
or the red that is giving you problems, or both? Need more info.

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Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073


"Jennings-Siena, Debbie" wrote:
> 
> Hi is anyone else out there using a Gomori's Trichrome on kidney's?  We are
> having some trouble with our results, the pathologist says that the colors
> are not right.  If  your lab has some wonderful new procedure or even a
> wonderful old procedure that works great, could you let me know.  Our kidney
> biopsies are fixed in Helley's fixative and that may be our problem.
> Anyway, Thanks for your help.
> Debbie Jennings-Siena
> Baylor University Medical Center
> Dallas, Texas 75246
> 214-820-2465
> ds.jennings-siena@baylordallas.edu