We treat ours for 3 minutes in Formic Acid, rinse in running water for 10 minutes, place in buffer with surfactant - good to go.

"Drew Sally A."  wrote:How do people deal with immuno requests on formic acid treated autopsy
tissue from
suspected CJD cases? Are there concerns with putting these slides
through
automated immunostainers? 


Sally Ann Drew, MT(ASCP)
IHC/ISH Laboratory
University of Wisconsin Hosp. & Clinics
Madison, WI 53792
(608)265-6596

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