We fix ours in methyl alcohol then air dry them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Aidan Schurr [mailto:Aidan.Schurr@hvh.co.nz]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:24 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Bone Marrow Smears - Perl's


Gidday all.

We do Perl's Prussian Blue stains on Bone Marrow smears for Haematology.
Just wondering if anyone else out there does this also, and if so, what (if
anything) you fix the smears in before staining.

Cheers,
Aidan


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aidan schurr  b.m.l.sc
section head, histology
hutt valley district health board
lower hutt
new zealand

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