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Choosing the Right Fixative
When selecting a fixative for your specimen, whether it be histological or cytological, preserving tissue structure to prevent degradation of the cells and tissue is imperative.
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How To Set-Up and Conduct a Wright’s Stain
Wright’s, Wright-Giemsa and Giemsa stains follow the same protocol, with the second step being swapped for the preferred stain. The Wright-Giemsa...
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Choosing Between Wright’s Stains or Wright-Giemsa Stains
Choosing between Wright’s stains or Wright-Giemsa stains for your hematology specimens is often more a matter of your pathologist’s preference than...
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Fix an Acid-Fast Organism That’s Not Retaining Dye
Acid-fast organisms are typically found when looking for things like tuberculosis and other respiratories or another mycobacterial infection. These...
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Why Your H&E Slides Are Cloudy & How to Correct It
H&E slides become cloudy because of insufficient clearing after the staining process. In this post, we explain why the cloudiness occurs during or...
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How To Improve Nuclear Staining in Histology Slides
Looking to improve nuclear staining in your histology slides? We can help! Histology specimens generally require a clear distinction between the...
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Why Is My Wright’s Or Wright-Giemsa Stain Too Blue?
Wright’s stain and Wright-Giemsa stain were created to make blood cell morphology more visible. They contain both eosin and methylene blue to better...
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5 Ways to Correct Precipitate in Hematology Stains
Seeing precipitate in blood smear slides is a common issue when using classical hematology stains such as Wright or Wright-Giemsa stains....