MICROWAVE FIXATION PROVIDES RAPID, PRIMARY FIXATION FOR LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY AND FOR IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

A relatively new approach to specimen preservation for morphologic stu dies uses microwave energy and chemicals. Microwave fixation can produ ce fixation results equal in quality to chemical fixation methods and equal in speed to freeze fixation methods. The importance of this micr owave fixation technology lies in its potential to provide a standardi zed fixation approach in histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and imm unocytochemistry.