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Staining

The staining process highlights tissue morphology, cell types, and structure to enable accurate tumor classification and diagnosis. View resources on how staining is practiced today, and how it may evolve in the future.

H&E Staining Overview: A Guide to Best Practices

Cindy Sampias, JD CT(ASCP)HTL
Geoffrey Rolls, BAppSc, FAIMS

For routine diagnosis, the use of Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) is by far preferred for viewing cellular and tissue structure detail by pathologists.

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The H&E Stain – A Lesson on Consistency and Reproducibility

Carolyn Doan, HT (ASCP)

Producing an H&E stained slide is a process. It starts way before the slide is loaded on a stainer or moved down through containers by hand. Producing quality, consistent and reproducible H&E stained slides is a process as well as a lesson in...

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Fundamentals of H&E Staining

Andrew Lisowski, M.S., HTL (ASCP)

In this webinar, Andrew Lisowski explains the fundamentals of H&E, or Routine Staining as it’s often termed.

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Validating your H&E Staining Systems

Herbert Skip Brown, M. Div., HT(ASCP), Director of Education & Training, Lab Management Consultants

In this age of healthcare regulatory standards and compliance, every aspect in diagnostic patient care must be developed, documented, and validated ‘before’ they can be used in testing and diagnoses. Procedures which were once deemed as ‘routine’, as in the...

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H&E Basics Part 4: Troubleshooting H&E

Cindy Sampias, JD CT(ASCP)HTL

Though the H&E stain is a relatively simple stain to perform, there are a variety of artifacts that can interfere with a good stain. Artifacts can be attributed to a variety of causes.

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Fundamentals of H&E Staining

Andrew Lisowski, M.S., HTL (ASCP)

H&E staining is often termed as “routine staining” as it is the most common way of coloring otherwise transparent tissue specimen. Download this training resource to learn more about the fundamentals of H&E staining.

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