Tissue floaters and contaminants in the histology laboratory

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-978

  Platt, Eric ^a   Sommer, Paul ^a   McDonald, Linda ^a   Bennett, Ana ^a   Hunt, Jennifer ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEMATOXYLIN; WATER; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67049146525     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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