Instead of trying to stain the tissue a different color (so the white-ish
tissue can be seen against the white freezing media), why not buy a freezing
media that is a different color than the tissue, such as one that is blue?

Several companies sell the colored freezing media, which can be used to
either allow the tissue to be seen or to keeping track of tissues easier
- e.g. 6 different patients come in for FS all at the same time - patient 1
FS is pink, pt. 2 FS is blue, pt. 3 is yellow, etc
- e.g. keeping track of different margins from same tissue - 12 to 3 pm is
pink, 3 to 6 pm is blue, etc.)

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Featherstone, Annette" 
To: "'SMITH,REBEKAH FELICIA'" ; ;

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: [Histonet] Kidney Biopsies


> How is anyone freezing their kidney biopsies. Can we dab some eosin or
> something on them to keep them visable?
> Annette Featherstone
> Supervisor, Kaleida Health Anatomic Path
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SMITH,REBEKAH FELICIA [mailto:rockbeki@ufl.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 22:47
> To: Pathologyarts@aol.com; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] thick and thin sections
>
>
> I've occassionally gotten slightly assymetrical cuts due to the
> block moving in the microtome. I just usually take that to mean
> that I need push the block farther in and look at it from the side
> to make sure its straight before  cut again.
>
> --
> SMITH,REBEKAH FELICIA
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