It might be a matter of how long the purified water is stored after
purification and before use, rather than the method of purification.

Lesley Weston.


on 29/10/2003 8:47 AM, Gehan, Loralee at Loralee_Gehan@URMC.Rochester.edu
wrote:

> I would be careful with that.  Our pathology department (special stains,
> histology and immunohistology) has been testing our distilled water through
> the microbiology lab for about one year now.  Our distilled water has come
> back several times with bacteria in it.  For any staining that we need to be
> careful of bacterial contaimination we use deionized.
> 
>> ----------
>> From:  Suzannah B. Tieman
>> Reply To:  tieman@albany.edu
>> Sent:  Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:19 AM
>> To:  Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> Subject:  [Histonet] re: purified water
>> 
>> Hi all
>> In my experience, distilled water is more likely to be free of
>> bacteria.
>> Su Tieman
>> Suzannah B. Tieman
>> tieman@albany.edu
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