When decalcifying in EDTA, I used to keep the cassettes stirring in a beaker
of EDTA on a magnetic stirrer in the cold room. It worked pretty well, but I
can't cite a reference - that is just the way we do it in that lab.

Lesley Weston.


on 11/11/2004 12:19 PM, Fran Lemons at flemons@bhset.org wrote:

> Hello all, it's almost Friday!!
> 
> Has anyone out there ever heard of placing the basket of cassettes in formalin
> on an agitator to stir the formalin as a way to expedite fixation?  If so, can
> you direct me to something published on the subject?
> Also, has anyone heard of the same thing for bunions in decal solution?
> Thanks ahead of time,
> Fran Walker
> 
> 
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