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See also: Maintenance policies:
39, 40,
41, 43,
46, 117.
PRINCIPLE OF THE TEST.
To monitor equipment routinely for optimal performance.
SPECIMEN REQUIRED.
All human tissue excised at surgery, outpatient clinics, and postmortems,
fresh or in fixative, along with a filled-out Tissue Examination Form
(U. S. Standard Form 515, USSF515).
REAGENTS, INSTRUMENTATION.
Refrigerator.
Microwave oven.
Tissue processors.
Cryostat.
Microtome.
Grossing station.
STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION.
Figure 1. Embedding Center.
See also: 16,
39.
Figure 2. Refrigerator.
See also: 39.
Figure 3. Frozen Section Staining.
See also: 24,
25, 26,
27, 39,
41.
Figure 4. Shandon Staining.
See also: 39.
Figure 5. H&E Staining Table.
See also: 39.
Figure 6. Grossing Station.
See also: 39.
Figure 7. Paraffin Dispenser.
See also: 39.
Figure 8. Tissue-Tek Processor.
See also: 14,
15, 16,
17.
Figure 9. Cryostat.
See also: 39,
40.
Figure 10. pH Monitor.
See also: 39,
85.
Figure 11. Microwave.
See also: 23,
39.
Figure 12. Microscope.
See also: 39,
117.
Figure 13. Microscope in Signout Room.
See also:
39, 117.
REFERENCE.
1. Prophet EB, Mills B, Arrington JB, Sobin LH.
Laboratory Methods in Histotechnology.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology,
Washington, DC. 20306-6000. 1992;:67-70.
ISBN: 1-881041-00-X.