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ASCP Histology Prep: STAINING

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If overstain w/ methylene blue counterstain in acid-fast procedure, you remove the excess color by ____   differentiating in 95% alcohol or in acid-alcohol and restain  
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stains that detect fungi   PAS for fungi; Grocott's methanamine silver nitrate; Gridley  
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what color is a positive result for H. pylori using the Giemsa stain?   dark blue  
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color of GRAM NEGATIVE organism using the Gram stain?   RED (neg-red)  
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what are the names of the acid fast stains   Kinyoun/ Fite/ Ziehl Neelsen/ Auramine-Rhodamine  
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H. pylori detection stains are   Diff Quik/Giemsa/Alcian Yellow-Toluidine Blue/Steiner  
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What is the genus name for the bacteria identified with acid-fast stain.   Mycobacteria  
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What color is the background stained with acid fast stains?   blue  
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What color does spirochetes stain?   BLACK  
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What step must be added to the fite acid fast stain?   xylene peanut oil solution to deparaffinize in order to protect leprosy capsule  
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What stains the leprosy organism?   Fite acid-fast stain  
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What are the steps of the acid fast stain procedure?   Carbol fuchsin - differetiate w/acid alcohol- wash in running water- counterstain in methylene blue- rinse with water, dehydrate, clear, coverslip  
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What color does H.Pylori stain using Diff Quik?   blue violet  
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what are the steps of the gram stain?   crystal violet- gram's iodine - safranin or basic fuchsin  
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What color do GRAM POSITIVE organisms stain using Gram stain?   blue or violet  
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What color signifies a positive result for acid fast?   red  
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What does Gram stain differentiate between?   gram(+) and gram(-) organisms  
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what color does H. pylori stain with Steiner?   black  
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What stain detects spirochetes?   Steiner/Wathin-Starry  
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With GMS (Grocott's methanimine silver nitrate), what color does fungi stain?   BLACK  
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What is the most recognized pigment?   melanin  
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most common exogenous pigments   carbon/iron/lipochromes  
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What pigment can bind silver?   melanin  
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3 most common artifactual pigments   formalin/mercury/chromium  
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5 common endogenous pigments   melanin/hemosiderin/urates/bile/lipofuchsin  
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Van Gieson stain results   blue/black nuclei; RED COLLAGEN  
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PAS is used for ________ mucosubstances   NEUTRAL  
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In metachromatic staining, ___ can be varied to differ acid mucins   pH  
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To suppress background staining in Congo Red procedure, _________________ is used.   Sodium Chloride  
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Alcian Blue/ PAS is used to differentiate between ________.   Acid & Neutral Mucosubstances  
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is birerefringet   formalin  
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PAS diastese   shows sites in the tissue where the glycogen was removed (digested).  
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Colloidal Iron binds with acid mucosubstances in what reaction and stains blue?   Prussian blue reaction.  
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FITE stains what?   Mycobacterium (RED)  
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Prepare a 10% solution of 37%-40% formalin with   9 parts water adn one part stock solution formalin.  
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Paraformaldehyde is used in ____ labs to yield pure solution of formaldehyde, which do not contain _________.   EM labs/Methanol  
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______ helps to prevent polymerization   methanol  
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cross links quickly but binds slowly   formaldehyde  
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Black acid hematin forms when formalin pH is below ____ in blood rich tissues.   6.0  
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greatest binding action of formaldehyde occurs at ____ to ___ pH   7.5 to 8.0 pH  
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Formaldehyde does NOT fix carbohydrates but traps them ______...   inside the fixed and stabilized proteins.  
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Contains Sodium Chloride/DI/Formaldehyde   Formaldehyde Saline: isotonic but may produce formalin pigment  
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Contains Calcium Chloride/DI/Formaldehyde   Calcium Formaldehyde: for PHOSPHOLIPIDS  
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Contains Sodium Acetate/DI/Formaldehyde   Acetate Formaldehyde: for Phospholipids but cases PSEUDOCALCIFICATION  
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Contains Calcium or Magnesium Carbonate/DI/Formaldehyde   10% Neutralized Formalin: used widely but becomes acidic almost immediately.  
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Contains Sodium Phosphate monobasic & dibasic/DI/Formaldehyde   10% Neutral Buffered Formalin: for routine formalin fixation. ph is 6.8  
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Contains Sodium Phosphate Monobasic/Sodium Phosphate HYDROXIDE/DI/Formaldehyde   Modified Millonig: used in EM on long stored tissue  
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contains Absolute Ethyl Alcohol/DI/Formaldehyde   Alchoholc Formalin: store tissue indefinitely  
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Formalin PEL = 0.75ppm in __ hours   8 hours  
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Formalin STEL = 2 ppm in ___   15 minutes  
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Contains Sodium Phosphate monobasic/25% glutaraldehyde/DI   Glutaraldehyde (pH = 7.2-7.3)  
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Coagulant, produces shrinkage, additive, black pigment NOT preventable   Mercuric Chloride (not used with frozens, inhibits freezing/corrosive/avoid use with metals)  
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EM use as post-fixative after aldehyde fixation. Cell membranes become electron dense. use very thin sections.   Osmium tetroxide  
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____   Gridley fungus stain  
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TWA = 0.002ppm   Osmium tetroxide  
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coagulant of necleoproteins, leaves DNA soluble, acts as stain and fixative, decalcifies, softens but shrinks too   Picric Acid (avoid for DNA and RNA)  
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non-coagulant, great for MITOCHONDRIA identification procedures   Potassium Dichromate  
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replacement for mercury, preserves antigenicity, may replace NBF, makes formalin pigment when unbuffered, superior nuclear detail   Zinc Salts  
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fixative of hematopoitic and lymphoreticular tissues for beautiful nuclear detail (over NBF)   B5  
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mercuric chloride/formaldehyde/sodium acetate (formalin pigment)   B5  
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picric acid/glacial acetic acid/formaldehyde   Bouin  
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red blood cells are lysed, formalin pigment may form, good for trichrome stain, remove yellow color with 50-70% alc, excellent for biopsy tissues, not for EM   Bouin  
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95% alcohol w/picric acid/formaldehyde/glacial acetic acid   GENDRE  
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alcoholic Boiun derivative which is great for carbohydrates (GLYCOGEN)remove excess picric with 80% alcohol   GENDRE  
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copper acetate/picric acid/acetic acid/formaldehyde   HOLLANDE  
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decalcifies small specs of bone, good for gastric biopsies, cupric acetate stabilizes RBC and eosinophils and endocrine cells.   HOLLANDE  
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Any fixative containing formalin can yield _______.   formalin pigment, when the ph is lowered or if solution is unbuffered.  
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