by LabStorage | 1,March 1, 2020 | LabStore Highlights
The preceding article (Optimal Fixation), discussed fixation as the foundation of tissue processing, upon which the success of all other steps is dependent. In this article we will discuss the post fixation steps in routine histological tissue processing (dehydration,...
by LabStorage | 1,February 1, 2020 | LabStore Highlights
A quote from a well-respected teaching manual in Histology states, “Fixation, the stabilization of proteins, is the singularly most important step in producing good histologic slides”. Further, “The finished microscopic tissue slide, on which a diagnosis may be made,...
by LabStorage | 1,January 1, 2020 | LabStore Highlights
Since the late 18th century glass slides have been a major platform for microscopic and diagnostic study of plant and animal morphology. The translucency of the glass material made it a perfect mounting structure for samples where light could be refracted through and...
by LabStorage | 0,December 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Histotechnology is often and appropriately referred to as an ‘Art & Science’. Art, because it requires skilled craftmanship in manual operations such as microtomy, mounting multiple sections/ribbons on slide, etc. Science because of the histochemistry involved in...
by LabStorage | 0,November 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Within any environment there can and most often is, some degree of conflict. Mild or severe, because we all have our own innate likes and dislikes, there are things that cause friction within our inner self. The cause of the conflict can range from a diversity of...
by LabStorage | 0,October 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
One of the most immediate areas of safety consideration for the Histotechnologist is in microtomy. Countless technicians over time, particularly those who have been in the profession long enough to remember a time before certain safety features were built in, can...
by LabStorage | 0,September 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
The word ‘networking’ can be applied to a number of subjects: business, social, community, etc. Each one has a similar focus, but distinctly different goals and agendas. The similar focus is that each center on connecting with individuals or groups that have like...
by LabStorage | 0,August 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Herbert Skip Brown, M. Div. HT(ASCP)Lab Storage Systems, Inc. Historically the Histology industry has seen a transition from the origin in tissue cassette and mold design that many would view today as rudimentary, even archaic, in its beginning. Histologists today...
by LabStorage | 0,July 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Herbert Skip Brown, M. Div. HT(ASCP)Lab Storage Systems, Inc. One of the most precious commodities in multi-functional labs today is space. From the grossing stations, to the processing/embedding rooms, to the microtomy workstations, and even just general counterspace...
by LabStorage | 0,June 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Herbert Skip Brown, M. Div. HT(ASCP) Lab Storage Systems, Inc. The rotary microtome is the central core of clinical histopathology instrumentation; and even though it has been modernized from manual to semi and fully automated units, basic manual hygiene and...
by LabStorage | 0,May 1, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Herbert Skip Brown, M. Div. HT(ASCP) Lab Storage Systems, Inc. While CT scan, X-ray, MRI, and other forms of graphic imagery provide a visual picture of internal anatomy, gross pathology is a pathologist or assistants intimate assessment of morphology that cannot be...
by LabStorage | 0,April 5, 2019 | LabStore Highlights
Within the wide array of tissue types in the human body, each has its own specificity based on the purpose and function it provides. Muscle contracts and expands and enables movement of and within the body. Epithelial covers the body surfaces and lines internal...
