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==Immersion==

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-->Within an hour after removal from the body,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uclahealth.org/pathology/workfiles/Education/Residency%20Program/Gross%20Manual/Mastectomy%2006.03.20.pdf|title=Breast pathology grossing guidelines|website=UCLA Health|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> tissue samples should generally be placed in vessels with enough fixative to allow them to lie freely in the solution.<ref name=kvast>{{cite web|url=http://www.svfp.se/foreningar/uploads/L15178/kvast/hud/Handlaggning%20av%20hudprover%20%20provtagningsanvisningar%20utskarningsprinciper%20och%20snittning%2020150325.pdf|title=Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - Instructions for sampling, cutting and incision|author=Katarzyna Lundmark, Krynitz, Ismini Vassilaki, Lena Mölne, Annika Ternesten Bratel|accessdate=2019-09-09|website=KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology)}}</ref> The standard fixation fluid is generally 10% neutral buffered '''formalin''', which is roughly equivalent to 4% formaldehyde.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://microscopy.duke.edu/guides/paraformaldehyde-formaldehyde-formalin|title=Paraformaldehyde, Formadehyde and Formalin|website=Duke University|accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref> The ratio of tissue:formalin should be 1:5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/d6f7f095-e8b7-45eb-8dcb-6a9d9bd5a88a/Fixation-of-Tissues.aspx|title=Fixation of Tissues}} Approval Date: August 2016, August 2020. Review Date: August 2024|website=Royal College of Pathologists of Australia</ref> to 1:10<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550 }} </ref>.<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550 }} </ref>

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[[File:Adipose tissue with crumpling artifact due to insufficient fixation.jpg|thumb|Adipose tissue with crumpling artifact due to insufficient fixation.]]

Within an hour after removal from the body,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uclahealth.org/pathology/workfiles/Education/Residency%20Program/Gross%20Manual/Mastectomy%2006.03.20.pdf|title=Breast pathology grossing guidelines|website=UCLA Health|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> tissue samples should generally be placed in vessels with enough fixative to allow them to lie freely in the solution.<ref name=kvast>{{cite web|url=http://www.svfp.se/foreningar/uploads/L15178/kvast/hud/Handlaggning%20av%20hudprover%20%20provtagningsanvisningar%20utskarningsprinciper%20och%20snittning%2020150325.pdf|title=Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - Instructions for sampling, cutting and incision|author=Katarzyna Lundmark, Krynitz, Ismini Vassilaki, Lena Mölne, Annika Ternesten Bratel|accessdate=2019-09-09|website=KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology)}}</ref> The standard fixation fluid is generally 10% neutral buffered '''formalin''', which is roughly equivalent to 4% formaldehyde.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://microscopy.duke.edu/guides/paraformaldehyde-formaldehyde-formalin|title=Paraformaldehyde, Formadehyde and Formalin|website=Duke University|accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref> The ratio of tissue:formalin should be 1:5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/d6f7f095-e8b7-45eb-8dcb-6a9d9bd5a88a/Fixation-of-Tissues.aspx|title=Fixation of Tissues}} Approval Date: August 2016, August 2020. Review Date: August 2024|website=Royal College of Pathologists of Australia</ref> to 1:10<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550 }} </ref>.<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550 }} </ref>

==Duration==

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 ==Immersion==
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--->Within an hour after removal from the body,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uclahealth.org/pathology/workfiles/Education/Residency%20Program/Gross%20Manual/Mastectomy%2006.03.20.pdf|title=Breast pathology grossing guidelines|website=UCLA Health|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> tissue samples should generally be placed in vessels with enough fixative to allow them to lie freely in the solution.<ref name=kvast>{{cite web|url=http://www.svfp.se/foreningar/uploads/L15178/kvast/hud/Handlaggning%20av%20hudprover%20%20provtagningsanvisningar%20utskarningsprinciper%20och%20snittning%2020150325.pdf|title=Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - Instructions for sampling, cutting and incision|author=Katarzyna Lundmark, Krynitz, Ismini Vassilaki, Lena Mölne, Annika Ternesten Bratel|accessdate=2019-09-09|website=KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology)}}</ref> The standard fixation fluid is generally 10% neutral buffered '''formalin''', which is roughly equivalent to 4% formaldehyde.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://microscopy.duke.edu/guides/paraformaldehyde-formaldehyde-formalin|title=Paraformaldehyde, Formadehyde and Formalin|website=Duke University|accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref> The ratio of tissue:formalin should be 1:5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/d6f7f095-e8b7-45eb-8dcb-6a9d9bd5a88a/Fixation-of-Tissues.aspx|title=Fixation of Tissues}} Approval Date: August 2016, August 2020. Review Date: August 2024|website=Royal College of Pathologists of Australia</ref> to 1:10<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550  }} </ref>.<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550  }} </ref>
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+[[File:Adipose tissue with crumpling artifact due to insufficient fixation.jpg|thumb|Adipose tissue with crumpling artifact due to insufficient fixation.]]
+Within an hour after removal from the body,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uclahealth.org/pathology/workfiles/Education/Residency%20Program/Gross%20Manual/Mastectomy%2006.03.20.pdf|title=Breast pathology grossing guidelines|website=UCLA Health|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> tissue samples should generally be placed in vessels with enough fixative to allow them to lie freely in the solution.<ref name=kvast>{{cite web|url=http://www.svfp.se/foreningar/uploads/L15178/kvast/hud/Handlaggning%20av%20hudprover%20%20provtagningsanvisningar%20utskarningsprinciper%20och%20snittning%2020150325.pdf|title=Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - Instructions for sampling, cutting and incision|author=Katarzyna Lundmark, Krynitz, Ismini Vassilaki, Lena Mölne, Annika Ternesten Bratel|accessdate=2019-09-09|website=KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology)}}</ref> The standard fixation fluid is generally 10% neutral buffered '''formalin''', which is roughly equivalent to 4% formaldehyde.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://microscopy.duke.edu/guides/paraformaldehyde-formaldehyde-formalin|title=Paraformaldehyde, Formadehyde and Formalin|website=Duke University|accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref> The ratio of tissue:formalin should be 1:5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/d6f7f095-e8b7-45eb-8dcb-6a9d9bd5a88a/Fixation-of-Tissues.aspx|title=Fixation of Tissues}} Approval Date: August 2016, August 2020. Review Date: August 2024|website=Royal College of Pathologists of Australia</ref> to 1:10<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550  }} </ref>.<ref name="pmid22483550">{{cite journal| author=Buesa RJ, Peshkov MV| title=How much formalin is enough to fix tissues? | journal=Ann Diagn Pathol | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 3 | pages= 202-9 | pmid=22483550 | doi=10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.12.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22483550  }} </ref>
 ==Duration==

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