[Histonet] Dye ?

[Patrick Laurie]

Do you perhaps use eosin on your processors to help visualize the biopsies
for embedding?  It can fluoresce.

Patrick Laurie(HT)ASCP QIHC

Histology Manager

Celligent Diagnostics, LLC

101 East W.T. Harris Blvd  | Suite 1212 | Charlotte, NC 28262

Work: 704-970-3300  Cell: 704-266-0869

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Melissa Burns via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> Hello All-
>
> I'm having an ongoing issue that I'm hoping all of you smart people can
> help me with! We are talking about prostate needle biopsy specimens.
>
> We have one company that does a genetic test that is insisting that there
> is a dye present in the tissue we are sending. None of the other genetics
> companies we send to have had an issue....just this one....and not on every
> case we send them! Imagine my confuse :)
>
> The specimens are sent in 10% NBF. There is no dye used in grossing or
> processing.
>
> Am I missing something? Somewhere that dye may be sneaking in?
>
> We are to the point now that they want to come to the lab and the
> collecting surgery centers and see if they can figure it out.....
>
> Baffled....
>
> Melissa
>
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