Dear Fellow Histonetters,

We've recently discovered thousands of slides in our file that have dried
areas. (Bubbles, airpockets, etc).  We're debating whether or not to:  1)
soak the coverslips off and re-coverslip  (a job that would take months) or:
2) leave them and simply recut the blocks of requested cases.  

If we leave them alone, does anyone know if the tissues will be damaged?
Dried out?  Need to be restained?  

Does anyone know of any literature that may be of use for our situation?
What are the legal ramifications of simply recutting the blocks and filing
the new slides?

JACQUIE MACK
TECH II MAIN LAB FMC
HISTOPATHOLOGY
PH: 670-1574
e mail:  Jacquie.Mack@CLS.ab.ca