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Safety equipment: Work under a hood with lab coat, gloves, and glasses.
- De-paraffin slides in xylene (1) —————— 2 minutes (re-use)
- De-paraffin slides in xylene (2)—————— 2 minutes (re-use)
- Clear slides in 100% alcohol——————— 2 minutes
- Clear slides in 100% alcohol——————— 2 minutes
- Hydrate slides in 95% alcohol——————- 2 minutes
- Hydrate slides in running water—————– 5 minutes
- 0.5% periodic acid ——————————– 5 minutes (re-use)
- Schiff’s reagent at 37C—————————- 15 minutes (re-use)
- Wash in running water ————————— 10 minutes
- If staining for glycogen, Hematoxylin ——— 20 seconds (re-use)
- If staining for fungus, light green ————— 30 seconds (re-use)
- Dehydrate in 95% alcohol———————— 30 seconds
- Dehydrate in 100% alcohol———————- 1 minute
- Dehydrate in 100% alcohol———————- 2 minutes
- Dehydrate in 100% alcohol———————- 2 minutes
- Clear in xylene (3)——————————— 2 minutes (re-use)
- Clear in xylene (4)——————————— 5 minutes (re-use)
Results: Hematoxylin – Glycogen, mucin, fibrin, or thrombi, colloid droplets, hyaline of arteriosclerosis, hyaline deposits in glomeruli, granular cells in the renal arterioles where preserved, most basement membranes, colloid of pituitary stalks and thyroid, amyloid infiltration may show a positive reaction – Rose to Purplish Red
Nuclei – Blue
Results: Light Green – Fungi – Red Background – Pale Green
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