An old trick we use to keep fresh tissues from sticking is wet the papers
with fixative BEFORE putting currettings or tissues in contact with paper.
Also kept a flat metal weighing spatula to gently scrape (be careful not to
get paper fibers) currettings off paper which should be sitting on the hot
surface of embedding center.  If cooled, will not release tissues. 

At 07:44 AM 7/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>When we are grossing endometrial curettings we have been using a tissue
>paper to wrap the specimens and then place in a cassette.
>Now everything sticks to the paper which is a real pain when at the
>embedding center. The tissue paper we use is also used for hair
>permanents. Does anybody have any ideas that work great?
>
>Jim Vickroy
>Memorial Medical Center
>Springfield, IL
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Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology - Marsh Lab
Montana State University - Bozeman
19th and Lincoln St
Bozeman MT 59717-3610

406 994-6367 (lab with voice mail)
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email: gcallis@montana.edu