Gill's Hematoxylin
Safety
Special Stains
Slides, mounting media, and coverglass
Processing
100
The base of the dye
Water
100
What does RACE stand for?
Respond/Rescue, Activate (Alert), Contain/confine, Escape/Extinguish
100
Stains mycobacterium in TB
AFB
100
T/F - Mounting media should be placed on the slide, then the coverslip lowered down on top.
False
100
What processing error happened here?
Water in the xylene
200
Increases the solubility. The "E"
Ethylene glycol
200
It is important that this chemical used in the cytology laboratory is not discarded down the sink.
Xylene
200
Oil Red O is used to stain lipid. This stain is another alternative.
Sudan Black
200
Standard size of cytology slides
3x1 in.
200
Thick specimens can lead to poor leveling because this stain did not have time to fully penetrate all of the cells.
Fast green / light green
300
The oxidizer, "S"
Sodium iodate
300
In regards to an ABC fire extinguisher, the C stands for this type of fire.
Electrical (Current)
300
Stains glycogen
PAS
300
The recommended thickness for cytologic preparations.
.13-.17mm / No. 1
300
A bloody specimen can be treated for blood lysing before processing with saponin or after processing by emersion fixing the sample in this solution.
Carnoy's solution
400
The role of ammonium aluminum sulfate
The mordant
400
What is this symbol?
NFPA
400
The closest stain to the Pap stain. Dr. Papanicolaou was working with this as well.
Trichrome
400
Three methods for removing a coverslip (besides just forcing it off with a blade).
Heat, Cold, Xylene
400
Saccomanno fixative is prepared by adding this to 50% ethanol.
2% polyethylene glycol (or just Carbowax)
500
Lowers pH. It's also used separately as a blood lysing agent.
Glacial acetic acid
500
What hazard does this symbol represent?
Oxidizing agent
500
Stains for melanin and argentaffin granules (historic)
Fontana-Masson
500
The ideal refractive index for cytology
1.523 (1.51-1.53, 1.5 acceptable)
500
Various concentrations of alcohol can remove the OG and EA stains. What is used to remove the hematoxylin?
HCl