| From: | "Driessen, L." |
This recipe works well
1. Prepare the incubation-medium.
2. Incubate for 60-90 minutes at 37oC.
3. 3 min. Saturated NaSO4-solution.
4. 2 min. 1% ammoniumsulfideoplossing (fumehead!!!).
5. Rinse with tapwater.
6. 20 sec. Mayer-haematoxylin.
7. Rinse with tapwater for 5 min.
8. Mount in in glycerin-gelatin.
1. Cu-complexsolution:
(Dissolve in this order)
- 85 ml. Dist. water.
- 34 g. NaSO4.10 H2O.
- 150 mg. CuSO4.5H2O.
- 187 mg. glycin.
- 500 mg. MgCl2
- 875 mgr. maleinacid.
- Adjust pH to 5,6-6,0 with ±15 ml. 1N NaOH.
(Store in refrigerator; crystalyses when cold).
2. Incubation-medium: Dissolve 10 mg. acetylthiocholinejodid in 5 ml. Cu-complexsolution.
3. 1% ammoniumsulfide: Ad 4 ml. ammoniumsulfide (20%) to 76 ml. dist. water.
Leon Driessen
ORL/UMC-Nijmegen, The Netherlands
l.driessen@orthop.umcn.nl
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4. Glass cleaning for silver (John Kiernan)
5. RE: immunohistochemistry and frozen sections (C.M. van der Loos)
6. acid cleaning slides for silver preps (George Cole)
7. RE: S100 frozen skin (Mandy Townsend)
8. Yarrow (peptolab)
9. BrdU and EM? (Mezey Szilvia)
10. job openings in Dallas (Priscilla Delventhal)
11. KnifeMaker (Joyce Christopher)
12. receiving un-registered specimens (Amy Self)
13. RE: BrdU and EM? (Mezey Szilvia)
14. wage/vacancy survey (Dawson, Glen)
15. Used JB-4 Microtome? (DJStashev@aol.com)
16. Re: KnifeMaker (Gayle Callis)
17. Re: questions regarding to a-Naphthyl Butyrate
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18. Re: microwave (Claye Clyatt)
19. Re: Acetylcholonesterase (Claye Clyatt)
20. RE: questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no (Pamela Marcum)
21. RE: questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no (Pamela Marcum)
22. RE: questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no (Pamela Marcum)
23. Re: receiving un-registered specimens (Vicki Gauch)
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25. RE: questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no (Pamela Marcum)
26. Ret IHC (Richard Cartun)
27. Underprocessed tissue (Michelle D. Moore)
28. Clot sections (Andrew Fedanov)
29. Re: Ret IHC (DDittus787@aol.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:08:09 -0500
From: "Sarah Jones"
To: ,
Subject: Re: [Histonet] microwave
Hello Gudrun,
I'm glad to see you have posted a question. I don't have a lot of
experience with IHC and the microwave, but I can tell you that the
microwave can shorten the times of many special stains. Many steps that
usually take one hour can be shortened to just a few minutes. Silver
stains work very well in the microwave. There is a great book on
microwaving special stains called "Microwave Magic" by Billie Beck,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. It's
old, from 1987, so I don't know if it is still available. Some of the
stains listed are, Grocott's Methenamine Silver, Jones Methenamine
Silver, Fontana-Masson, Dieterle, Grimelius, Steiner and Steiner,
Seiver-Munger, Bielschowsky's, PAS, Mucicarmine, Alcian Blue, Colloidal
Iron, Rhodanine, Iron Stains, Trichrome, Acid Fast, Giemsa, Luxol Fast
Blue, Congo Red, PTAH, Movat's, Dunn Thompson, Bouins pre-treatment.
You can use a household microwave, but you have to know the wattage
of your oven. Most of them range from 700-900 watts, but if it is lower
wattage, you would just leave it in longer. Usually you would want to
determine how long it would take a coplin jar of water to reach 60
degrees C. Also determine how long it would take different ethanol to
reach 60 degrees C. You can also make a temperature conversion chart
that shows various solutions, times and power levels and what
temperature is reached.
Use plastic coplin jars, the glass ones will break, stir solutions
immediately as they come out of the oven (I use a wooden stick), and
cover the coplin jars with a gauze square when microwaving.
If you go back to using chemicals in the microwave, I wouldn't
continue to heat tea in it, just for safety reasons.
Happy Microwaving! Sarah
Sarah Jones HT(ASCP)
Dept. of Vet. Anatomy & Public Health
Histology Lab
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4458
phone: 979-845-3177
fax: 979-458-3499
>>> "Gudrun Lang" 09/16/03 04:14PM >>>
Hi Histonetters!
I have a question about microwave oven in histolabs. We did introduce
such a household thing for IHC, but it was not very successfull. Now we
heat our tea with it. IHC works with heat and steam.
Which equipment do you use for special staining? Are there specific
apparats or also the houshold ones? And has it become really common to
work with it?
thanks for your answers.
Gundi Lang
general hospital Linz, Austria
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:02:11 EDT
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Acetylcholonesterase
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Anyone have an easy recipe (or refer me to a prepared kit that can be
purchased) for the acetylcholonesterase stain? Doctor is looking for Hirschsprungs
disease. Any help is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Deb King, HT (ASCP)
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Sincerely,
Deb King, HT (ASCP)
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Message: 3
From: amosbrooks@earthlink.net
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:19:36 -0400
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Histonet digest, Vol 1 #50 - 11 msgs
Hi,
We use a Black & Decker vegtable steamer. I bored a hole into the top of the steamer and
we put a thermometer directly into the solution to get a Real Time measurement of the
temperature. (BTW CAP loved it) We also use a waterbath as is indicated by the Herceptest
(DAKO) instructions.
I strongly dislike the use of household microwaves for any laboratory purposes, especially
something as finiky as antigen retrieval. The temperature over time spiles up to an overheated
state then drops rapidly to a point that it is not retrieving at all only to be reheated in the same
way. It is impossible to have any uniformity this way. You're much better off with a steady heat
source for a specific amount of time.
Haste makes waste,
Amos Brooks
Hi Histonetters!
I have a question about microwave oven in histolabs. We did introduce such
a household thing for IHC, but it was not very successfull. Now we heat
our tea with it. IHC works with heat and steam. Which equipment do you use
for special staining? Are there specific apparats or also the houshold
ones? And has it become really common to work with it? thanks for your
answers.
Gundi Lang
general hospital Linz, Austria
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 01:28:14 -0400
From: John Kiernan
Reply-To: jkiernan@uwo.ca
To: "Behan, Rosemarie G"
CC: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
Subject: [Histonet] Glass cleaning for silver
Rosemary Behan
asked about cleaning glassware
for silver staining.
A reply follows.
It's necessary to remove traces of metallic silver,
which are not necessarily visible. The only common
acid that does this is nitric. Here is what I do,
with rationale. Let's assume the vessel is a Coplin
jar.
Rinse with one or two changes of distilled water.
[Tap water contains chloride ions and silver
chloride precipitation must be avoided.]
Pour a few ml of concentrated nitric acid into
the vessel and carefully let it wet all the
inside surface. For a Coplin jar it's important
to dissolve silver from all corners and from the
slots for supporting slides. It takes 15-30
seconds to make black deposits or mirrors
disappear. A minute of turning and tilting has
to be enough to remove all the visible and
invisible silver.
Safely discard the nitric acid and fill up the
vessel with distilled or otherwise purified
water, three times.
[Pure water must be used because tap water
will precipitate traces of silver chloride
from the residual nitric acid - which contains
dissolved silver nitrate.]
Wash in tap water, detergent etc as for any
other dirty lab glassware, and don't spare the
brush.
[The nitric acid treatment does not remove
all types of dirt. Bits of detached section,
stuck to the glass, are made yellow by nitric
acid.]
Rinse in tap water, repeatedly, to get
rid of the detergent (no more froth with
shaking) and then in 3 generous changes of
pure water to dilute out residual chloride
from the tap water.
Let the vessel dry by drainage and evaporation,
then keep it in a closed cupboard, with its
lid on (if it has a lid; and don't forget to
clean the lid).
If glassware is contaminated by insoluble silver
compounds such as silver chloride, 5% sodium
thiosulphate (10 minutes) will remove the silver.
[The thiosulphate ion strongly complexes silver
ions and will remove them from solid silver
halides. This is the "fixation" of photographers.]
In the above remarks I have not given detailed
safety and disposal instructions. Conc. nitric acid
is nasty stuff but becomes harmless when diluted
with water.
Do not use hydrochloric acid or an HCl-alcohol
mixture for "acid washing" of glassware that will
contain silver nitrate or protargol.
[Reason is obvious from above discussion.]
There are silver solvents less noxious than
concentrated nitric acid. The best known one is
Farmer's reducer. This is used in black & white
photography for controlled removal of darkness
(= silver) from negatives or prints. It is a
solution containing potassium ferricyanide and
sodium thiosulphate. Its actions on photo media
take several minutes, but it takes much longer
to weaken silver deposits on glassware and in
overstained sections (my unpublished anecdotal
observations).
For what it's worth, I think concentrated
nitric acid is the best cleaner of glassware
used for silver methods. I also think that
poor glass-hygiene (dishwashers etc etc etc)
often causes failure or poor results with
many staining techniques.
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John A. Kiernan
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
The University of Western Ontario
London, Canada N6A 5C1
kiernan@uwo.ca
http://publish.uwo.ca/~jkiernan/
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Please be careful about what to quote!)
_____________________________________
"Behan, Rosemarie G" wrote:
>
> I am looking for a recipe for acid cleaning glassware to do silver stains,
> can anyone help me?
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:50:57 +0200
From: "C.M. van der Loos"
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Cc: v.lamanna@abdn.ac.uk
Subject: [Histonet] RE: immunohistochemistry and frozen sections
Dear Vincenzo,
You didn't describe the fixative used for your frozen sections, but I
assume that it was acetone. However, as you are trying to stain a
nuclear marker it is strongly advised to use either Zamboni, 4%
paraformaldehyde or just buffered formalin for 5 min at room
temperature. Then wash with PBS (or TBS) and start your IHC procedure.
Most nuclear markers get diffuse after acetone fixation.
Furthermore, you described the application of different antigen
retrieval methods. To my opinion, antigen retrieval is not needed for
frozen sections because antigens/epitopes are not hidden due to
fixation or something like with FFPE sections. Even if buffered
formalin is used as fixative for frozen sections there is nothing to
retrieve, simply because a 5 min fixation time is far too short to
cause cross-linking of proteins. And indeed as you described, the
tissue morphology of frozen sections will heavily suffer from antigen
retrieval procedures.
Good luck,
Chris van der Loos
Dept. of Cardiovascular Pathology
Academical Medical Center
Amsterdam - The Netherlands
>Original Message -----
>From "Vincenzo La Manna"
>Date Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:48:43 +0100 (BST)
>To
>Subject [Histonet] immunohistochemistry and frozen sections
>
>Hi Histonetters,
>
>I've been struggling for 4 months on my 5 microns
>frozen sections trying to find estrogen receptors.
>I've tried both immunoperoxidase kit from Vector
>laboratories either indirect immunofluorecsence (FITC
>Goat anti mouse Secondary Ab from Sigma) but I've not
>yet obtained good results.
>My primary Ab is a mouse monoclonal to bovine
>Estrogen receptor from Cymbus biotechnology.
>Sections come from tissue that is supposed to be a
>non-target tissue (mid laminar region from cow's
>hooves)blocking with 2% goat normal serum (sigma)
>whash in tbs buffer
>All different methods for antigen retrieval have been
>tested but sections look poor regarding histologic
>quality and I still have very big problems with non
>specific binding an staining (indirect
>immunofluorescence).
>It looks like frozen sections are too tender to
>efford the whole processing.
>Every suggestion or reference is welcome,
>thank U
>
>La Manna Vincenzo
>Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of
>Aberdeen, 581 King Street, AB24 5UA, Aberdeen , UK.
>Telephone; 01224 274259
>Fax; 01224 273731
>e-mail v.lamanna@abdn.ac.uk
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Message: 6
From: "George Cole"
To:
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 01:02:42 -0700
Subject: [Histonet] acid cleaning slides for silver preps
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Gray's Formulary contains a reliable cleaning procedure for slides:
40 parts saturated aqueous potassium dichromate
Add, with due precautions, 60 parts sulfuric acid.
I always just put excess dichromate in 60 parts water so that much solid
dichromate remained in the bottom of a coverable
Container.
Add the 60 parts of Sulfuric Acid, with care.
The quantity of cleaner may be a gallon or so, mixed in a container kept
for that purpose.
Put the coplin jars or other glass ware in the mixture for a few minutes
or over night. Rinse the glass well with deionized water.
This mixture can be used for a long time. But the best procedure is
when the solid dichromate is gone, a fresh batch is mixed.
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Message: 7
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] S100 frozen skin
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Message: 8
From: "peptolab"
To:
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 04:58:06 -0400
Subject: [Histonet] Yarrow
Common yarrow, or Achillea millefolium, spreads rapidly from underground
rhizomes - plants placed two feet apart will fill in within one year. The
mat-like, dark green finely divided ferny foliaged plants will take over any
ground available and likes sunny average soil not partcularly rich. It is
relatively drought tolerant. It is not a good border plant but is very
useful for sunny dry waste places where a flowering groundcover would be
useful. This achillea and A. ptarmica are invasive while the other species
such as A. filipendulina, grandifolia, and tomentosa are well behaved clump
formers, often with attractive glaucous (blue gray) and fuzzy foliage.
Achillea has been used as a toothache remedy in Europe (1440) and was mixed
in ale instead of hops to increase inebriation. It was said to grow in
churchyards as a a reproach to the dead who "might not have died had they
taken their daily yarrow", and was used to heal wounds- Achilles (Achillea)
supposedly used it to stauch the wound of his soldiers. I am unaware of any
histological use for the herb, except perhaps to staunch the wounds of
disposable blades or broken lurking coverslip fragments.
Jeff Silverman- Plantsman
Southside Hospital
Bay Shore NY
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Message: 9
From: "Mezey Szilvia"
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:53:58 +0200
Subject: [Histonet] BrdU and EM?
Hello All,
I'm trying to do BrdU staining (in paraformaldehyde fixed, free-
floating sections) and preserve the ultrastructure of the tissue for
EM at the same time. HCl works fine for denaturing DNA for BrdU-
ICC but doesn't leave much of the tissue for EM. DNase would be
more EM-friendly but doesn't penetrate the tissue enough.
Does anybody know a method that could provide a fair enough
compromise between BrdU and EM? Maybe by increasing the
penetration of DNase?
Best regards to you all,
Szilvi
Szilvia Mezey
PhD student
Semmelweis University
Dept. of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
Tuzolto u. 58. Budapest, 1094, Hungary
T.: +36-12156920/3687
F.: +36-12155158
E-mail: mezey@ana.sote.hu
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Message: 10
From: "Priscilla Delventhal"
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:00:18 -0600
Subject: [Histonet] job openings in Dallas
Hi Tom - I will be in the San Antonio area starting next week for about
a month. I know Dallas is across the state but thought I'd tell you
what my plans are. I am retiring from full time work this week and
plan on taking a vacation for the rest of the month. After that I only
want to do temp openings - a couple a year. I have 35+ years
experience in histology, both supervisory and bench. I have my BA, and
HT and HTL. Let me know if you could use some temporary help this
Fall. My cell phone is 307-851-5595. I will be checking messages a
couple of times a day for the rest of this week and then will have it
on full time as I travel down to San Antonio. Hoping to hear from you.
You make your lab sound wonderful. Priscilla Delventhal
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Message: 11
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
From: Joyce Christopher
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:10:56 -0500
Subject: [Histonet] KnifeMaker
Our Reichert-Jung Knifemaker II has developed a problem. It no longer has the
strength to break the knives. In other words its spring needs replacement.
Problem - the spring part is no longer available. Does anyone have a knifemaker
they are no longer using or has one that is no longer working but does have a
working spring?
Joyce Christopher
Bayer CropScience LP
17745 S. Metcalf
Stilwell, KS 66085
913-433-5244
joyce.christopher@bayercropscience.com
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Message: 12
From: Amy Self
To: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:36:14 -0400
Subject: [Histonet] receiving un-registered specimens
Hi all Netters,
I was wandering how everyone rec'd specimens in the histology lab?
Are they registered into the hospital system before they are grossed in or
are they brought straight to the histo lab, grossed and then registered. We
have an on-going problem with specimens that are coming to the histology lab
before they are getting registered in the hospital system. This causes a
lot of confusion with everyone.
Also does anyone have a specific policy for handling formalin spills
that they could share with me? We have a general policy for lab spills but
I don't think that it is detailed enough for the histology lab.
Thanks for all the help that you all send out not only to me but to
everyone.....Much appreciated.
Amy Self
Georgetown Hospital Systems
843-527-7179 (home)
843-520-7882 (fax)
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Message: 13
From: "Mezey Szilvia"
To: "Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D." ,
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:44:09 +0200
Subject: RE: [Histonet] BrdU and EM?
Animal tissue (domestic chicks), transcardially perfused.
Szilvi
Subject: RE: [Histonet] BrdU and EM?
Date sent: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:03:03 -0500
From: "Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D."
To: "Mezey Szilvia"
> Animal tissue (perfused?) or human tissue?
>
> Charles W.=A0 Scouten, Ph.D.
> myNeuroLab.com
> 5918 Evergreen Blvd.
> St. Louis, MO 63134
> Ph: 314 522 0300=A0
> FAX=A0 314 522 0377
> cwscouten@myneurolab.com
> www.myneurolab.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mezey Szilvia [mailto:mezey@ana.sote.hu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:54 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] BrdU and EM?
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to do BrdU staining (in paraformaldehyde fixed, free-
> floating sections) and preserve the ultrastructure of the tissue for
> EM at the same time. HCl works fine for denaturing DNA for BrdU-
> ICC but doesn't leave much of the tissue for EM. DNase would be
> more EM-friendly but doesn't penetrate the tissue enough.
>
> Does anybody know a method that could provide a fair enough
> compromise between BrdU and EM? Maybe by increasing the
> penetration of DNase?
>
> Best regards to you all,
>
> Szilvi
>
>
> Szilvia Mezey
> PhD student
> Semmelweis University
> Dept. of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
> Tuzolto u. 58. Budapest, 1094, Hungary
> T.: +36-12156920/3687
> F.: +36-12155158
> E-mail: mezey@ana.sote.hu
>
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Szilvia Mezey
PhD student
Semmelweis University
Dept. of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
Tuzolto u. 58. Budapest, 1094, Hungary
T.: +36-12156920/3687
F.: +36-12155158
E-mail: mezey@ana.sote.hu
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Message: 14
From: "Dawson, Glen"
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:42:50 -0500
Subject: [Histonet] wage/vacancy survey
All,
Does anyone know the release date for the official 2002 ASCP wage/vacancy
survey? I have seen the preliminary survey and I seem to remember someone
mentioning that the complete survey would be released in September. Any
info would be appreciated.
Thanx,
Glen Dawson
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Message: 15
From: DJStashev@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:45:16 EDT
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Used JB-4 Microtome?
I am trying to locate a used JB-4 Sorvall microtome to buy. Does anyone out
in Histo-land have this type of microtome that they are no longer using???
Thanks,
Jen Stashevsky
I.U. Medical Center
317-576-0338
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:09:27 -0600
To: Joyce Christopher ,
Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
From: Gayle Callis
Subject: Re: [Histonet] KnifeMaker
See if you can get a local metalworking shop (we have a fellow who does
scientific instruments) make one for you or out of some type of springlike
material and get several backups.
Hopefully, Reichert Jung (did you try contacting Leica Microsystems about
the problem?) might have one in a drawer somewhere. Contact
Don.Birgerson@leica-microsystems.com, he is very knowledgable about these
instruments, and he has always been graciously helpful with plights like
this.
Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology
Montana State University - Bozeman
PO Box 173610
Bozeman MT 59717-3610
406 994-6367 (lab with voice mail)
406 994-4303 (FAX)
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:28:59 -0400
From: "Fred Underwood"
To:
Subject: Re: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl Butyrate
Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
I have used the kits put together by Sigma. The results were good.
However, strict adherence to expiration dates, temperatures, times and
solution prepatation is necessary. Otherwise the results can be
variable and less than optimal.
Fred
>>> weiping Ren 09/16/03 01:13PM >>>
Hi, Histonetters:
I need to set up non specific esterase staining method on bone marrow
smear samples.
My questions are:
1. Are a-Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate
stain(non specific esterase) are the same stain?
2. If these are two different stains but have the same clinical
diagnosis significance, which one is better regarding to the time and
accuracy?
3. Are there any protocols for these stains? Where I can get these
references?
Thank you!
Any suggestions and advice welcome.
Weiping
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:32:22 -0400
From: "Claye Clyatt"
To: ,
Subject: Re: [Histonet] microwave
Personally, I find that microwaving in general creates more problems than =
they solve. We no longer use one for our laboratory procedures.
Claye
Claye Clyatt
Chief Histotechnologist
Department of Pathology=20
Room #BF119
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Ga 30912
office (706) 721-3630
pager (706) 721-7243-1132
e-mail: cclyatt@mail.mcg.edu
>>> "Gudrun Lang" 09/16/03 05:14PM >>>
Hi Histonetters!
I have a question about microwave oven in histolabs. We did introduce such =
a household thing for IHC, but it was not very successfull. Now we heat =3D
our tea with it. IHC works with heat and steam.
Which equipment do you use for special staining? Are there specific =
apparats or also the houshold ones? And has it become really common to =3D
work with it?
thanks for your answers.
Gundi Lang
general hospital Linz, Austria
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:34:37 -0400
From: "Claye Clyatt"
To: ,
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Acetylcholonesterase
Try Sigma. I've used their kits in the past and they work very nice and =3D
are easy to use.
Claye
>>> 09/16/03 07:02PM >>>
Anyone have an easy recipe (or refer me to a prepared kit that can be=20
purchased) for the acetylcholonesterase stain? Doctor is looking for =3D
Hirschsprungs=20
disease. Any help is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Deb King, HT (ASCP)
Sacramento, CA
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Message: 20
From: "Pamela Marcum"
To: "Fred Underwood" ,
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:38:48 -0400
Subject: RE: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
and filter paper requirements should be followed use exactly what they say
or risk the reaction hydrolyzing in the filter. Pam Marcum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Fred
> Underwood
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl
> ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
>
>
> I have used the kits put together by Sigma. The results were good.
> However, strict adherence to expiration dates, temperatures, times and
> solution prepatation is necessary. Otherwise the results can be
> variable and less than optimal.
>
> Fred
>
> >>> weiping Ren 09/16/03 01:13PM >>>
> Hi, Histonetters:
> I need to set up non specific esterase staining method on bone marrow
> smear samples.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Are a-Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate
> stain(non specific esterase) are the same stain?
> 2. If these are two different stains but have the same clinical
> diagnosis significance, which one is better regarding to the time and
> accuracy?
> 3. Are there any protocols for these stains? Where I can get these
> references?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Any suggestions and advice welcome.
>
> Weiping
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI
>
>
>
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Message: 21
From: "Pamela Marcum"
To: "Fred Underwood" ,
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:38:48 -0400
Subject: RE: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
and filter paper requirements should be followed use exactly what they say
or risk the reaction hydrolyzing in the filter. Pam Marcum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Fred
> Underwood
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl
> ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
>
>
> I have used the kits put together by Sigma. The results were good.
> However, strict adherence to expiration dates, temperatures, times and
> solution prepatation is necessary. Otherwise the results can be
> variable and less than optimal.
>
> Fred
>
> >>> weiping Ren 09/16/03 01:13PM >>>
> Hi, Histonetters:
> I need to set up non specific esterase staining method on bone marrow
> smear samples.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Are a-Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate
> stain(non specific esterase) are the same stain?
> 2. If these are two different stains but have the same clinical
> diagnosis significance, which one is better regarding to the time and
> accuracy?
> 3. Are there any protocols for these stains? Where I can get these
> references?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Any suggestions and advice welcome.
>
> Weiping
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI
>
>
>
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Message: 22
From: "Pamela Marcum"
To: "Fred Underwood" ,
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:38:48 -0400
Subject: RE: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
and filter paper requirements should be followed use exactly what they say
or risk the reaction hydrolyzing in the filter. Pam Marcum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Fred
> Underwood
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl
> ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
>
>
> I have used the kits put together by Sigma. The results were good.
> However, strict adherence to expiration dates, temperatures, times and
> solution prepatation is necessary. Otherwise the results can be
> variable and less than optimal.
>
> Fred
>
> >>> weiping Ren 09/16/03 01:13PM >>>
> Hi, Histonetters:
> I need to set up non specific esterase staining method on bone marrow
> smear samples.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Are a-Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate
> stain(non specific esterase) are the same stain?
> 2. If these are two different stains but have the same clinical
> diagnosis significance, which one is better regarding to the time and
> accuracy?
> 3. Are there any protocols for these stains? Where I can get these
> references?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Any suggestions and advice welcome.
>
> Weiping
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI
>
>
>
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Message: 23
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:26:33 -0400
From: "Vicki Gauch"
To: ,
Subject: Re: [Histonet] receiving un-registered specimens
Amy,
We receive specimens that are already registered into the Hospital
System and also ones that need to be registered. The first set are
easily handled as they are just accessioned into the system and
processed as normal. The second set are sent down the hall to
registration to receive a medical record and account number and then we
pick the reqs up and bring them back to our lab to be accessioned and
processed.
As for the formalin spill policy, we use Green Z on small spills and
have a procedure for that....large spills we would call our
Environmental Health and Safety Unit to come and clean up the spill and
we have a procedure in place for that.
Hope that helps,
Vicki Gauch
AMCH Pathology
Albany, NY
>>> Amy Self 9/17/2003 9:36:14 AM >>>
Hi all Netters,
I was wandering how everyone rec'd specimens in the histology
lab?
Are they registered into the hospital system before they are grossed in
or
are they brought straight to the histo lab, grossed and then
registered. We
have an on-going problem with specimens that are coming to the
histology lab
before they are getting registered in the hospital system. This causes
a
lot of confusion with everyone.
Also does anyone have a specific policy for handling formalin
spills
that they could share with me? We have a general policy for lab spills
but
I don't think that it is detailed enough for the histology lab.
Thanks for all the help that you all send out not only to me but
to
everyone.....Much appreciated.
Amy Self
Georgetown Hospital Systems
843-527-7179 (home)
843-520-7882 (fax)
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Message: 24
From: "Morken, Tim - Labvision"
To: 'Amy Self' , "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:30:16 -0400
Subject: RE: [Histonet] receiving un-registered specimens
I have never received a gross specimen in histology that was not from a
registered patient. We did receive blocks and slides for referral cases that
we had to put into the system.
Tim Morken
-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Self [mailto:ASelf@gmhsc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:36 AM
To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: [Histonet] receiving un-registered specimens
Hi all Netters,
I was wandering how everyone rec'd specimens in the histology lab?
Are they registered into the hospital system before they are grossed in or
are they brought straight to the histo lab, grossed and then registered. We
have an on-going problem with specimens that are coming to the histology lab
before they are getting registered in the hospital system. This causes a
lot of confusion with everyone.
Also does anyone have a specific policy for handling formalin spills
that they could share with me? We have a general policy for lab spills but
I don't think that it is detailed enough for the histology lab.
Thanks for all the help that you all send out not only to me but to
everyone.....Much appreciated.
Amy Self
Georgetown Hospital Systems
843-527-7179 (home)
843-520-7882 (fax)
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Message: 25
From: "Pamela Marcum"
To: "Fred Underwood" ,
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:38:48 -0400
Subject: RE: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
and filter paper requirements should be followed use exactly what they say
or risk the reaction hydrolyzing in the filter. Pam Marcum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-admin@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Fred
> Underwood
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] questions regarding to a-Naphthyl
> ButyrateEsterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate stain(no
>
>
> I have used the kits put together by Sigma. The results were good.
> However, strict adherence to expiration dates, temperatures, times and
> solution prepatation is necessary. Otherwise the results can be
> variable and less than optimal.
>
> Fred
>
> >>> weiping Ren 09/16/03 01:13PM >>>
> Hi, Histonetters:
> I need to set up non specific esterase staining method on bone marrow
> smear samples.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Are a-Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase stain and a-Naphthyl Acetate
> stain(non specific esterase) are the same stain?
> 2. If these are two different stains but have the same clinical
> diagnosis significance, which one is better regarding to the time and
> accuracy?
> 3. Are there any protocols for these stains? Where I can get these
> references?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Any suggestions and advice welcome.
>
> Weiping
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI
>
>
>
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Message: 26
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:24:46 -0400
From: "Richard Cartun"
To:
Subject: [Histonet] Ret IHC
We are do "Ret" immunoperoxidase staining on thryoid tissue using a
rabbit polyclonal antibody from Santa Cruz (sc-167). Does anyone have
experience with this antibody on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded
tissue? Thank you.
Richard Cartun
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Message: 27
From: "Michelle D. Moore"
To: "Histonet"
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:30:47 -0600
Organization: The Memorial Hospital
Subject: [Histonet] Underprocessed tissue
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am in a bind and I know you can help me, I was embedding this morning =3D
and having a very difficult time with my tissues, so I finally finished =3D
embedding and when I started to cut, nothing and I mean nothing would =3D
section UUGH. Well in the process I thought maybe it was some new =
paraffin I was trying so I didn't get to excited until I couldn't cut =3D
anything. Needless to say what I need from you wonderful people is help =3D
on reprocessing my tissue I know I need to remove the paraffin that's in =3D
the tissue and clear the xylene out but I have no procedure for doing =3D
this and it has been years since I have had to do it. Any help you could =3D
direct my way or any procedure that you would be willing to share would =3D
be greatly appreciated!! THANK YOU in advance for saving my rear I do =3D
appreciate it a lot. That's the beauty of the histonet people helping =3D
people.
Michelle D. Moore HT (ASCP)
The Memorial Hospital
Craig, CO
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embedding=20
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finally=20
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would=20
section UUGH. Well in the process I thought maybe it was some new =
paraffin I was=20
trying so I didn't get to excited until I couldn't cut anything. =
Needless to say=20
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I know I=20
need to remove the paraffin that's in the tissue and clear the xylene =3D
out but I=20
have no procedure for doing this and it has been years since I have had =3D
to do=20
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willing=20
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helping=20
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Michelle D. Moore HT =
(ASCP)
The Memorial Hospital
Craig, CO
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Message: 28
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:42:20 -0400
From: Andrew Fedanov
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Clot sections
Hi Histonetters,
Does anybody has an experience in preparation of clot sections?
Thanks
--
Andrew Fedanov Ph.D.
Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes
954 Gatewood Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-727-3043
Fax: 404-727-8199
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Message: 29
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:59:04 -0400
From: DDittus787@aol.com
To: Rcartun@harthosp.org, histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Ret IHC
Rich:
we currently use c-ret , we do antigen retrieval in citrate, control slides must be fresh and incubate 32 minutes at 42 degrees Dana
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