[Histonet] how long can slides stay in water or buffer

[Kimberly Tuttle]

How long can you leave deparaffinized slides in water or buffer  if you want to do IHC staining? Is leaving them in water or buffer preferable o letting them air dry?  I was taught to never let sections dry out.

Kimberly C. Tuttle  HT (ASCP)
Pathology Biorepository and Research Core
University of Maryland 
Room NBW58, UMMC
22 S. Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 328-5524
(410) 328-5508 fax 


 

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