We use Xylene Substitue (Histosolve) and the paraffin cleaning function does
NOT adequately clean the paraffin.  We stopped using it and just rotate the
paraffins more often.


Jennifer MacDonald
San Antonio Community Hospital
Upland, CA  91786
(909) 985-2811 ext. 4148
jmacdonald@sach.org

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> From: 	Scott Taft[SMTP:ss336@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 	Monday, March 27, 2000 11:07 AM
> To: 	HistoNet Server
> Subject: 	Paraffin cleaning
> 
> Good Monday (or whenever you get this) to you
> Histonetters!
> 
> For those of you who:
>   1)Use the paraffin cleaning function on your tissue
>     processor
>   2)Use Xylene substitute on your processor
> 
> Have you been able to clean your paraffin adequately?
> 
> Mucho thanks,
> Scott Taft HT(ASCP)
> Ventana Medical/Tucson AZ
> 
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