Paula,
Brain sections can be difficult to keep on the slide.  We drain/air dry the
section really well (for hours) before baking at 60dc also for hours or
overnight if possible, on plus slides of course.
Patsy

Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC
IHCtech
12635 Montview Blvd. #216
Aurora, CO 80010
720-859-4060
fax 720-859-4110
pruegg@ihctech.net
www.ihctech.net 

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From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Conlon,
Paula F.
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:13 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] surgical brain specimens

Hi Histonetters, We are receiving more surgical brain sections than we
have in the past. We process the specimens on the Pathos Automatic
Microwave Histoprocessor and we cut the sections at 5 microns. The
sections sometimes do not stay on the slides even though we use Plus
slides. The Neuropathologist is not happy and she has asked me to find
out if there is some way to get better sections. Thank you in advance
for your help.

Paula Conlon

Histology Supervisor

Lahey Clinic

41 Mall Road

Burlington, MA

01805

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