[Histonet] Ventana LCS (Liquid Cover Slip)

[Sebree Linda A]

You certainly can air/oven dry your slides instead of running them down and coverslipping; we do that with the slides we take off in the morning when we get in.  As to your problem with water/oil on your slides, something is not right in your dawn water rinsing, dehydration and/or clearing steps...but I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't know already.

I would change out all the graded alcohols and xylenes so you know the right reagents are in your containers.  Next, I would make sure that whomever is rinsing the slides, that they are using warm or even hot Dawn water and that they are rinsing long enough for your DAB slides.  If you're also running APR you may want to do the air/oven drying to xylene method to maintain the chromogen binding.  

Other than these steps, I don't know what else to suggest.  A long, long time ago when I worked in an old lab with water chilled pipes for air conditioning, I ran into a lot of humidity in the summer and actually had to add molecular sieve to my 100% alcohol in my dehydration set-up or my xylenes would get contaminated with water but we're talking the mid 70's so I'm hoping you're not running into something similar.

Hope this helps,

Linda

Linda A. Sebree 
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics 
IHC/ISH Laboratory, Rm A4/204-3224 
600 Highland Ave. 
Madison, WI 53792 
(608)265-6596 
FAX: (608)262-7174 


-----Original Message-----
From: Burnett, Brandy [mailto:bburnett at CapeCodHealth.org] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:07 PM
To: Sebree Linda A
Subject: RE: Ventana LCS (Liquid Cover Slip)

For IHC..We are rinsing them with dawn before running them down.

Brandy Burnett
Histotechnologist, QIHC(ASCP)
CCH Pathology/Histology
508-862-5267
bburnett at capecodhealth.org


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-----Original Message-----
From: Sebree Linda A [mailto:LSebree at uwhealth.org] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 10:17 AM
To: Burnett, Brandy
Subject: RE: Ventana LCS (Liquid Cover Slip)

Are you talking about IHC/ISH or Specials Brandy?

Linda A. Sebree
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics IHC/ISH Laboratory, Rm A4/204-3224
600 Highland Ave. 
Madison, WI 53792
(608)265-6596
FAX: (608)262-7174 

-----Original Message-----
From: Burnett, Brandy [mailto:bburnett at CapeCodHealth.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 7:32 AM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Ventana LCS (Liquid Cover Slip)

Anyone out there having any issues with the Ventana LCS?
When you are cover slipping are you seeing any water/residual LCS on the slides?
I was wondering if we should dry our slides before cover slipping instead of running them down? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Brandy Burnett
Histotechnologist, QIHC(ASCP)
CCH Pathology/Histology
bburnett at CapeCodHealth.org<mailto:bburnett at CapeCodHealth.org>


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