[Histonet] reagents without expiration dates

[Geoff McAuliffe]

I have some Grubler dyes in the original containers. Probably pre-WWII 
but not dated.

Geoff

On 2/2/2012 4:14 PM, Rene J Buesa wrote:
> Ha.Ha,Ha!!!!!!!!!!!
> I used to prepare staining solutions with some "Merck-Darmstad" anilines manufactured just after the "Great War", i.e. the FIRST World War (about 1925 before the World Great Depression).
> Try to beat that!.
> René J.
>
> --- On Thu, 2/2/12, Emily Sours<talulahgosh <@t> gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>
> From: Emily Sours<talulahgosh <@t> gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] reagents without expiration dates
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 3:33 PM
>
>
> I've always wanted to have a contest to see who had the oldest reagents.
> My lab once had something that was 20 years old.
>
> Emily
>
> The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up
> to 600 pounds and die of a heart attack at 43, you can! You are free to do
> so. To me, that’s beautiful.
> --Ron Swanson
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, WILLIAM DESALVO<wdesalvo.cac <@t> hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Per SOP, we relabel, list date of receipt, test for quality and then apply
>> a 12 month expiration date. We re-test after 12 months and continue to use,
>> with 12 month dating, as long as the reagent meets quality standards set in
>> the SOP.
>>
>> William DeSalvo, B.S., HTL(ASCP)
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: kstoll <@t> mcw.edu
>>> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:56:58 -0600
>>> Subject: [Histonet] reagents without expiration dates
>>>
>>> Could anyone share a policy to deal with regents that do not have a
>> manufacturer's expiration date?
>>> CAP checklist ANP 21382
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kathryn Stoll, HT(ASCP)
>>> Depatment of Pathology
>>> Medical College of Wisconsin
>>> 9200 W Wisconsin Ave
>>> Milwaukee WI 53226
>>> 414.805.1525
>>> kstoll <@t> mcw.edu
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