[Histonet] another Movats question (paraffin)

[Molinari, Betsy]

Hi Peggy,
No, this is a batch I have been using since 12/12. I purchased it from Sigma. It seems faint after the ammonium hydroxide . I did a run yesterday and I did get some blue, but faintly, not as bright as I am used to seeing. Everything else was picture perfect. Ray suggested that it may be a change in my tap water. I have our current report and am waiting on the report before that one. I am doing another run today and am considering rinsing in DH2O after the Alcian Blue and ammonium hydroxide.
What do you think?
Betsy



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Betsy  Molinari
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lee & Peggy Wenk [mailto:lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 6:40 PM
To: Molinari, Betsy
Subject: Re: [Histonet] another Movats question (paraffin)

Any chance this is a new batch of alcian blue? From where did you purchase it? I have a theory, but would like some more information first.

Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS

Lee & Peggy Wenk
-----Original Message-----
From: Molinari, Betsy
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:47 AM
To: Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] another Movats question (paraffin)

Hi,
The Alcian Blue in my Movats  is very faint or seems to completely disappear. I have been running Movats for years and this is a new problem. I have checked lot #’s everything is the same. The solution is 1% pH 2.7. The slides are in solution for 20 mins, rinse for 5 mins in tap H2O,  then in alkaline alcohol (90 ml 95% 10 ml ammonium hydroxide) for 1 hr then rinsed for 10 mins. But after hematoxylin the blue is either gone or very faint.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Betsy Molinari HT(ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
Cardiovascular Pathology
6770 Bertner Ave.
Houston , TX 77030
832-355-6524 (lab)
832-355-6812 (fax)



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