Extraction in Dilute Ethanol of Formaldehyde-Fixed Dissecting Specimens

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs

Vol. 112 (1) , 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1159/000145490

Abstract

To overcome the legally imposed limit on atmospheric concentration of formaldehyde of 1 ppm a method for fixation and storage of material for dissection has been developed. After intraarterial installation of formaldehyde the specimens were extracted in dilute ethanol and stored in the extraction fluid or enclosed in plastic sheets or bags, in a refrigerator. With this method the atmospheric formaldehyde concentration was kept below 0.5 ppm.

Keywords

EMBALMING
ETHANOL
EXTRACTION
FORMALDEHYDE
DISSECTION

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