Cheryl,
Is it a histology lab you are receiving the slides from?  If it is, this is the
effect  formalin fumes can cause.

Rande Kline
HT (ASCP)
Technical Services
EM Science




"George, Cheryl" <cgerorge@optima.org> on 10/12/2000 03:24:06 PM

To:   "'histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'" <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
cc:    (bcc: Rande Kline/EMI/Merck)
Subject:  Blue staining on smears



Hi all,

I have a question.  One of the hospitals that sends us bone marrow smears
(they send the unstained smears which are stained here using Wright-Giemsa)
continually come out blue.  They claim that they are not using a pretreated
slide or anything unusual but even if we stain them side-by-side with one of
our own, ours come out purple and theirs are still blue.  Could an EDTA tube
be the problem?  I could sure use your help.

Thanks


Cheryl George, HT (ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
NHML
(603)663-2686
cgerorge@optima.org