Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Test Name

Haematoxylin & eosin stain

Synonyms

H&E

Adult Specimen

Either sections cut from a formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue block at 3um or sections from a frozen tissue block at 5-8um on a positively charged slide. Paraffin sections will be stained on the Dako coverstainer, whilst frozen sections will be manually stained.

Department

Histology

Test Availability

Mon -Fri, 0800-1630

Laboratory Turnaround Time

5 working days

Method

Dako Coverstainer

Registration Code

HE

HL7 mapping code

$HE