[Histonet] Radiation sterilization and IHC

[Rene J Buesa]

 I believe that is an extreme and unnecessary step. Formalin itself is an adequate sterilizer, the only problem would be with "prions" and Creutzfeldy-Jakob disease cases are not only extremely rare, but always known or suspected to histotechs. René. 

    On ‎Monday‎, ‎April‎ ‎23‎, ‎2018‎ ‎11‎:‎56‎:‎39‎ ‎AM, Mike Tighe via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:  
 
 It was recently suggested to me that we might try to use our irradiator to sterilize (not fix) tissues rather than Formalin solution. Obviously we would need to validate this but has anyone tried this prior to IHC or IF?

Thanks!
Mike
_______________________________________________
Histonet mailing list
Histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet