Hi Erin, Often heat is applied to formalin to speed up fixation. That said there is probably a temperature point where it goes from fixing tissue to cooking it.
Paula Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Martin, Erin via Histonet > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > We have a referring clinician that is concerned about leaving his specimens > in an outdoor lockbox in the summer because the formalin will get hot. I > don't think that having some specimens in formalin in hot weather would cause > any problems but I can't find any references one way or another. Does anyone > have any policies regarding this? > > Thanks so much! > > > Erin Martin, Histology Supervisor > > UCSF Dermatopathology & Oral Pathology Service > > Phone: 415-3537248 | Fax: 415-353-7543 > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential, > proprietary, and/or privileged information protected by law. If you are not > the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, or distribute this email > message or its attachments. If you believe you have received this email > message in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
