[Histonet] RE: Process and Hold?

[Donna J Emge]

Tom, another idea is to set your processor to do the weekend delay hold in 70% alcohol rather than in the formalin. Then the samples will go through the formalin as usual, and stop and hold in the 70% until weekend processing as scheduled begins. Then your samples will come off on Monday morning as usual, without extra fixation, and without requiring a weekend technician. The 70% alcohol does no harm at all to your samples. We do this routinely with other tissues for IHC in our lab with great results.

Donna




Donna J. Emge, HT-ASCP
Mouse Histology and Phenotyping Core Manager
Northwestern University
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