[Histonet] Portable fans in the lab

[Rene J Buesa]

In my experience the best procedure is to place the slides with the sections just "fished" from the water bath in a vertical position on the short edge (1 plg). 
By doing so the water that may be under the section will come out and after about 5 minutes the slides can be placed in the rack and either go to the oven to dry before manual staining or directly to the autostainer heating station.
If you blow air over a section that is in horizontal position any water trapped under the section will remain there and can cause the artifact known as "nuclear bubbling".
René J.


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Anyone using portable fans in Histology to facilitae drying of parafin sections on slides prior to drying in oven?
 
Jeanne
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