[NHCOLL-L:4609] Re: Formalin test strips

[Andries J. van Dam]

Dear Andrew,

You might want to use Quantofix teststrips.
http://www.macherey-nagel.com/tabid/10316/default.aspx

Andries J. van Dam,  conservator

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Natural History Museum,  London

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> From: Andrew Hope <ahope at unm.edu>
> Reply-To: <ahope at unm.edu>
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:50 -0600
> To: <NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu>
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4608] Formalin test strips
> 
> Hi,
> I'm new to the list-serv so apologies if this has been
> approached before/recently:
> 
> I'm interested in testing tissue sub-samples (mammal
> muscle/organs/skin; fluid preserved) for formalin fixation
> and was wondering if anyone can suggest a reliable and
> cost-effective source that they have had good success
> with.  Specifically, I wish to test for historic formalin
> fixation that precluded archiving of specimens in ethanol,
> potentially many years ago. The test therefore needs to be
> fairly sensitive to residual formalin.  I realize that
> there has been a protocol developed by Waller and
> McAllister (Proceedings of the 1985 Workshop on Care and
> Maintenance of Natural History Collections:93-99) but this
> was purported to only be sensitive enough for all-formalin
> OR all-ethanol.  I've checked VWR and Fisher and both
> quote formalin test strips at roughly $70 per 100 strips.
> 
> Any other suggestions and/or advice about the
> effectiveness of VWR/Fisher tests would be much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> Andrew Hope
> 
> PhD Candidate
> Division of Mammals
> Museum of Southwestern Biology
> Department of Biology
> MSC03 2020
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM 87131.
> 

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