[Histonet] Bone Station- Milestone

[Huynh,Thomas]

Hi Joana,

We are currently using the Milestone microwave to decal our bone marrow core biopsies (for faster TAT).  We use our in-house formic acid (10%) and run it in the microwave for 2.5 to 3.00 hours with 50 degree Celsius cycle (you can tweak to where it works for your specimens). Assuming that they have been fixed well prior to decalcifying; personally, I would rather decal them the old fashion overnight but they always rush them nowadays. 

Thomas  

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Hi everyone!

I was wondering if there's anyone out there using the Milestone BoneSTATION for fixing and decalcifying bone tissue: http://www.milestonemedsrl.com/histopathology/products/pre-analytical-tools/bonestation.html
Is it good? Not good?
Easy to operate and maintain?
Do you use it with in-house decalcifying solutions or commercial available ones?
Have you tried their MOL-Decal solution on BMT? Any thoughts?
What about the optimization and standardization of protocols? Is it quite straight forward? Or complicated / Difficult?

We are considering it and any feedback would be much appreciated. Send me a PM if you like.

Many Thanks,
Joana

Joana Moreira
Supervisor - Anatomical Pathology
Department of Pathology

Sidra Medical & Research Center
PO Box 26999 | Doha, Qatar
Direct Line  +974-4404-2036
jmoreira <@t> sidra.org | www.sidra.org





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