[Histonet] commercial control slides

[Ingles Claire]

Steve: 
I would think of keeping a frozen block of fatty tissue around and cutting fresh control when you do the stain or throw some precut slides in the freezer after fixation, as the specimen needs to be fresh frozen anyway and cannot come in contact with any alcohols. Skin is an OK tissue, as the sebaceous glands as well as the subdermal fat lights up. I would think it would be pretty difficult, if not impossible to ship slides that need to be kept frozen to prevent staining sensitivity degradation. I can only think of shipping them immersed in formalin? 
Claire




 
Can anyone recommend a brand or line of commercial control slides for oil red O?

Thanks,
Steve Joy, BSc. MLT
Research and Development Technologist
5B2.03 Anatomical Pathology
University of Alberta Hospital
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