[Histonet] Understained my slides with hematoxylin

[Tony Henwood]

Joe,

I would make sure all the mountant is removed. A good soak in xylene and
then a rinse in alcohol, if the mountant has not fully disappeared, you
will see a white opacity on the section.

Rinse in water and then re-stain as usual. The eosin will tend to leach
out in the water rinses and the differentiation solution (after the
haematoxylin - if you use it). Check the sections after blueing. If it
looks too weak, increase the Hx staining time &/or decrease the
differentiation step. Counterstain with eosin as usual and you should be
right.

Regards

Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC)
Laboratory Manager & Senior Scientist
Tel: 612 9845 3306
Fax: 612 9845 3318
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Sent: Wednesday, 24 December 2008 7:23 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] Understained my slides with hematoxylin


Hello:
I was doing H&E's and it was pointed out that I had understained the
hematoxylin. But the eosin was ok. How does one go back and restain the
slides and remove the old stain?  Or do you use a differentiating
solution?

Thanks for your help

Happy Holidays

Joie
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