[Histonet] "field" histology - how to do it?

[Andrea Grantham]

Fellow Histonetters,

I'm preparing to accompany a group of dentists and doctors (including  
a dermatologist) to Belize in a few months. They have decided to add  
histology to what they are offering the people down there and I have  
been asked to participate. Has anybody ever done anything like this  
and/or can anybody offer any suggestions as to what we might need to  
set up our histology lab.

Right now I know that there are a few clinics around the country and  
what they are doing is sending tissues to a lab in Miami. The poor  
people don't have access or very much access to the clinics and that  
is why we are going to do this. We may have to work in several  
locations or collect our tissues and take them back to a central  
location - we aren't sure yet.

My questions center around the equipment we will need to take into  
Belize and the chemicals and supplies. Since we are doing this for the  
first time it will surely be a learning experience. Would you suggest  
paraffin sections, microwave processing, frozens?

Any ideas will be welcome.

Thank you!

Andi







Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP)
Senior Research Specialist
University of Arizona
Cell Biology and Anatomy
Histology Service Laboratory
P.O.Box 245044
Tucson, AZ 85724

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