The following is a list of some of the routine special stains provided
by Histo Tec Laboratory. Additional stains can be provided on request.
AFB
AFB FITE
ALCIAN BLUE
ALCIAN
YELLOW
ARGENTAFFIN
ARGYROPHIL
AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM
AMYLOID (CONGO
RED)
BIELSCHOWSKY
BILE
CALCIUM - VON KOSSA
CARCINOID TUMOR
COLLOIDIAL IRON
CONGO RED (AMYLOID)
COPPER
EVG ELASTIC FIBER
FITE - LEPRA BACILLI (AFB
FITE)
FONTANA (ARGENTAFFIN)
GIEMSA
GIEMSA (WRIGHT GIEMSA)
GMS
FUNGUS
GMS PCP
GRAM
HELICOBACTOR
IRON
JONES
LUXOL FAST BLUE (LFB)
LUXOL FAST BLUE/PAS
MAST CELL
(TOLUIDINE BLUE)
MELANIN
MELANIN BLEACH
METHYL GREEN PYRONINE Y
MUCICARMINE
MYELIN
NERVE & NERVE ENDING STAINS
OIL RED O (ORO)
PAS
PAS-D DIGESTION METHOD
PAS-F (FUNGUS)
PTAH
RETICULUM
SPIROCHETES (WARTHIN STARRY)
STEINER (HP)
TESTICULAR HYALURONIDASE
TOLUIDINE BLUE (MAST CELLS)
TRICHROME
LEGIONELLA
PNEUMOCYSTIS
VON KOSSA (CALCIUM)
WARTHIN STARRY (SPIROCHETES)
WRIGHT GIEMSA