[Histonet] Filed slides sticking together

[Theresa Dalton]

We leave ours in slide trays for at least 2 days prior to filing. We are a smaller derm lab so that’s probably not feasible for larger labs. 

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> On Apr 16, 2021, at 12:05 PM, Thomas Podawiltz via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
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> I never have. Usually let them sit for two days before we filed them.
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> On Friday, April 16, 2021, 10:05 AM, Martha Ward-Pathology via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
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> I am posting this question for our Histology manager:
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> Does anyone dry coverslipped slides in an oven before filing and if so how long and at what temperature.  We are having issues with filed slides sticking together.
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> Thanks in advance for your help with her question.
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> Martha  Ward, MT ASCP (QIHC)
> Manager, Molecular Diagnostics Lab
> Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
> Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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