Open AccessDetection of microorganisms on formalin-fixed and stored pathology tissues: A microbiological study
Author(s) -
Gayathri Ramesh,
Ashish Katiyar,
R. Sujatha,
A. Thirumal Raj,
Bhavana Gupta,
Amit Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.203788
Subject(s) - microorganism , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , bacteria , genetics
Formalin is widely used to fix histological preparations and as preservatives in embalming solutions and is an age-long practice in medical laboratories. It is generally accepted that the risk of contracting infections is relatively high among medical laboratory workers and pathologists. Recent studies have, however, suggested that formalin does not effectively inactivate all kinds of microbes in formalin-fixed tissue (FFT). Long time preserved tissues in formalin may develop growth of microbes on the surface of the formalin.