Marilyn, The referrences we have listed for the rehydration procedure 
are:

Rizvi, Asif; Reconstitution of dried tissue, ASMT San Francisco
Angus, Coral; NSH Annual Symposium, Salt Lake City, 1981

Needless to say these are not complete referrences and I could not 
produce them if asked. Please let me know what else you find. Thanx, 
Bert.



On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:33:17 -0700 "Gamble,Marilyn S" 
<Marilyn.S.Gamble@kp.org> wrote:

> There is a procedure for rehydration/softening of desiccated tissues that
> involves soaking the dry tissue in a Phenol/Glycerin solution, followed by a
> long wash in running tap water.  When the tissue has softened and has a
> slight puffiness, it can be reprocessing on a short cycle.  
> 
> Many dry, hard, tissues have been salvaged this way.  It was used more
> frequently back in the old Technicon days. (I'm sure that there are some of
> us who still remember the basket of tissues hanging in the air overnight -
> It was always such an interesting start to the day). 
> 
> I've used it for years, but do not know where it originated.  It was one of
> those "goodies" that I picked up throughout the years. No doubt it was
> passed to me by a colleague since my version was hand written.   If there
> are references out there,  I would appreciate the information so I can write
> it "properly" for our procedure manual.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marilyn
> 

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Bert Dotson
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