RE: warm water block soak
<< Previous Message | Next Message >>
From: | "Weems, Joyce" <JWEEMS@sjha.org> (by way of histonet) |
To: | histonet@histosearch.com |
Reply-To: | |
Date: | Mon, 31 Jan 2000 22:47:22 -0500 |
Content-Type: | text/plain; charset="us-ascii" |
What kind of paraffin are you using? Does it melt any?
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
-----Original Message-----
From: NEVADUNNE@aol.com [SMTP:NEVADUNNE@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 8:16 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: warm water block soak
Hi everyone,
I'm an old war-horse HT working in a small community hospital
doing
routine histology. I'm just curious if anyone else has used a warm
water soak
for their paraffin blocks (after facing) to improve sectioning. I
have found
this technique very helpful in the sectioning of brittle biopsies
and bloody
specimens. The crushed ice and water soak prior to sectioning allows
a few
good sections after soak, but the warm water soak lets us get
several ribbons
before we encounter dried out tissue. This has cut down on chatter,
time
spent re-soaking and over-all quality of sections.
Any feedback?
Maureen Tomblin HT(ASCP)
Union Hospital
Elkton, MD
<< Previous Message | Next Message >>