Problems in Histopathological Technique
Prepared by
ROY ELLIS
IMVS Division of
Pathology
The Queen
Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville Road,
Woodville, South Australia 5011
Email:
roy.ellis@imvs.sa.gov.au
PROBLEM NUMBER 34
Plastic coverslip tape lifting from a glass slide
Solution
- Place the slide together with the lifting coverslip film
into xylene for about 10 minutes.
- This softens the film resin enough for the film to re-adhere
to the slide.
- Air bubbles can be gently removed at this stage.
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