Histology · stage 3 of 5

Putting colour on the section

You will be able to prepare and prove your reagents, run haematoxylin and eosin and the special stains by hand or on a platform, and read the controls that tell you whether the run can be released. You will also know what to do when a dye, solvent or stainer turns into a spill or an exposure.

Work through these in order

1. 1Making up and verifying bench reagentsPreparation and Testing HIST-PT-1
2. 2Proving new reagents and equipment before patient useQuality Assurance HIST-QA-7
3. 3Running haematoxylin and eosin at the benchPreparation and Testing HIST-PT-3
4. 4Bench methods run and judged by handPreparation and Testing HIST-PT-2
5. 5Selecting and controlling special stainsPreparation and Testing HIST-PT-6
6. 6Running and checking automated stainersPreparation and Testing HIST-PT-26
7. 7Recognising when the instrument is the faultEquipment and Resources HIST-ER-2
8. 8Responding when conditions changeProfessionalism HIST-PR-3
9. 9Reading control slides and calibration resultsQuality Assurance HIST-QA-5
10. 10Judging whether a stained section is fit to readQuality Assurance HIST-QA-10
11. 11Containing and cleaning up chemical and biological spillsSafety HIST-SA-9
12. 12Reacting to exposures, injuries and chemical emergenciesSafety HIST-SA-8

This reading order is MLTPrep’s own. To browse the same material filed against the competency areas instead, go back to the Histology study guide.

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