[Histonet] weekend fixation

[Mark Tarango]

I heard on a teleconference yesterday that they're going to be changing both
to 72 hours max time fixation, but until its the published guidlines 48
hours still stands for her2neu.

Mark

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Mike Pence <mpence <@t> grhs.net> wrote:

> The problem with all this is that the ER/PR fixation times and the her2
> fixation times do not match 72 hrs vs 48 hrs. Many times the same
> specimen that receives ER/PR also gets her2. This is where things are
> missed up. Why would they ever change one and not the other?!@#$%^&*
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>  [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Liz
> Chlipala
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:54 PM
> To: LINDA MARGRAF; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] weekend fixation
>
>
> I was talking to Peggy Wenk over the weekend at the MSH meeting and they
> had a paper that was published regarding fixation and ER/PR staining
> sensitivity etc.  The biggest problem that they reported is
> underfixation is much worse than over fixation.  I think a minimum of 10
> hours of fixation demonstrated good results and that intensity of
> staining started to decrease but not by much at 48 hours.  I would be
> more concerned over underfixation than overfixation.  Also the new ER/PR
> guidelines state its acceptable to have samples in fixative for 72
> hours.  Maybe Peggy can post the link to this paper.
>
> Liz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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> MARGRAF
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:04 PM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] weekend fixation
>
>
>  Histonetters:
> Here's a message I was asked to post......
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>  I  have the following question concerning tissue processing. We do a
> lot of IHC work on NF fixed tissue. To standardize and minimize the
> effect of NF fixation, we fixate the tissue always for 24h. This is of
> course a problem for tissues taken on Friday. In the past, we asked our
> technicians to come on Saturday to embed the tissues in paraffin.
> Unfortunately, this is not possible anymore, and that is why I need your
> advice. What would you suggest ? 1) to leave the tissue in NF until
> Sunday evening and start processing, or 2) to keep the fixation time (24
> hours) and leave the tissue in alcohol 70% until Sunday evening and then
> start processing.  Thanks for your advice. Kind regards, Wim.
>
>
> Prof. dr. Wim Van den Broeck, DVM, MSc, PhD
> Cell biology and Histology
> Department of Morphology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
> Ghent University
> Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, BELGIUM
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