At 07:34 PM 7/28/1999 +0000, Tony Henwood wrote:
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>I have recently been involved in several safety issues that have got 
>several Australian Histotechs' Blood boiling.
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>Could I pose them to you and ask if you could answer them.
>Of course any comments would be appreciated. Please email me directly 
>and I will post the results (no names published) on Histonet in a 
>weeks time.
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>Do you use a bunsen burner to heat forceps when you embed? yes.________
>Do you use an embedding centre to embed ? _________Yes, a tissue tek 
approx 6yrs old
>Do you use a 1% or 5% working solution of Potassium Ferrocyanide for 
>the Perl's stain? ___________4%
>Do you use mercuric oxide in the preparation of Haematoxylin for your 
>routine H&E? ______________No, we use Mayer's.
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>Any comments:  Please supply more info on what exactly got everyone 
so cross
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>Thanks in anticipation,
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>Tony ,
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>Tony Henwood
>Senior Scientist
>Anatomical Pathology
>Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
>Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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