[Histonet] Plastic to Paraffin

[Morken, Timothy]

Kenneth, Sorry but no, it does not work to go the other way. We do this occasionally but normally only a take a small portion of the tissue in the block. Did they embed all of it in plastic?


Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus 
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center



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From: Metzger, Kenneth via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:58 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] Plastic to Paraffin

Hello All,

Our EM lab melted a block meant for IHC staining and put it into plastic. Is there any way to get the tissue back to paraffin?

I know it's a long shot but just wondering....

Kenneth G Metzger HTL(ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
ARUP Labs
Salt Lake City, Utah
Phone: (801)583-2787 ext. 3101
Fax: (801) 584-5244
Email: kenneth.metzger at aruplab.com<mailto:kenneth.metzger at aruplab.com>


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