We have had good results with cirrotic (?spelling - I am brain dead today)
liver obtained thru autopsy.

Linda Roggy
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenville, SC 29605
ncp@earthlink.net

Abrahamson, Brian wrote:

> Hello all, I am new to this list so please forgive me if this has been
> discussed recently but I am in dire need of copper controls for our liver
> stain panel.  We usually buy them from newcomer supply, (which gets them
> from another source) but lately they have been out of stock and backorder
> like crazy.  We have attempted to make our own but to no avail.  I have
> heard that fetal liver and dog liver are good controls but our fetal liver
> hasn't worked and we don't have any access to dog tissue (anymore).  Does
> anyone have an idea for where to find or make or substitute a good copper
> control?  We have already tried copper sulfate soaked liver to no avail.
>
> Thanks for all your help
>
> Brian Abrahamson
>
> Genesis Clinical Lab
> Berwyn IL USA