We love Rapid Fix from BBC! Have been using it for over a year. Works great
on breast tissue as well as colon. Its kinda like the Dawn dish soap. Gets
the grease out of the way.[LOL]. Our Pathologists love it in the fact that
node detection is much easier.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Soto, Roxanne" 
To: "'J. A. Kiernan'" ; 
Cc: ; 
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: Breast Tissue


> I am the Anatomic Pathology Supervisor for Covenant Healthcare in
Milwaukee
> Wisconsin.
> Sorry!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. A. Kiernan [mailto:jkiernan@uwo.ca]
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:32 AM
> To: GREYTRUNK@aol.com
> Cc: Histolady710@aol.com; HISTONET@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: Re: Breast Tissue
>
>
> Dear Roxanne,  Your email to Histonet does not
> say who you are or for whom you work. Please
> reveal your position in relation to
> "rapid fix from BBC."
>
> Please will you tell all of us
> what "rapid fix from BBC" is, and
> _why_ anybody should try it out
> on fatty breast tissue.
>
> The principles of fixing different kinds of
> specimens for frozen sections or parsffin
> procesing were well known 101 years ago
> (Gustav Mann's "Physiological Histology." 1902;
> a good read if you have an old library). The
> chemistry of fixation is understood better now
> than in Mann's time, but old Gus had all the right
> ideas.
>
> Fixation determines the microanatomy and cytology
> seen by the pathologist, tecnician or computer
> trying to make a diagnosis. Just imagine yourself
> being interrogated by a barrister and having to
> admit that you did not know how the fixative
> affected the diagnosis. Why should any of us
> risk using a "rapid fix from BBC" without
> knowing what it is and if or how it works?
>
> There are plenty of thoroughly understood fixative
> mixtures that work well. Thers is no place for
> the secret brew.
> --
> ------
> John A. Kiernan
> Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
> The University of Western Ontario
> London,   Canada   N6A 5C1
>    kiernan@uwo.ca
>    http://publish.uwo.ca/~jkiernan/
> -------------
> GREYTRUNK@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Try rapid fix from BBC.
> > Roxanne
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