

Special Stain Kits
Special Stain Kits
PSL-0011 AFB, Kinyoun Stain Kit
This stain is used to demonstrate acid fast bacteria.
Components:
311A-8 Acid Alcohol decolorizer
483A-8 Carbol Fucshsin (Kinyoun)
675A-8 Methylene Blue
PSL-0022 Alcian Blue Stain Kit (ph 1.0)
Alcian Blue is used to stain carbohydrates with acidic groups.
Alcian Blue 8GX at ph 1.0 is specific for sulfated mucoccharides.
Components:
3649A - Alcian Blue 8GX
680A - Nuclear Fast Red
3084A - Acetic acid - 3%
PSL-0155 GMS Stain Kit
The GMS stain is intended for the detection of fungi in tissue sections.
Components:
4981A-4 - Chromic Acid
802E-4 - Silver Nitrate
5967A-4 - Gold Chloride
826A-4 - Sodium Bisulfate
6455A-4 - Light Green SF Stain
8270A-1 - Sodium Borate (1 oz)
6667A-4 - Methenamine
872A-4 - Sodium Thiosulfate
PSL-0166 Giemsa Stain Kit (16 oz (500 ml) components)
This kit is intended for the detection and confirmation of helicobacterand other microorganisms in paraffin sections.
It may also be used to stain bone marrow cells.
Components:
6600A-16 - May Gruenwald Stain
591A-16 - Giemsa Stain
592A-16 - Giemsa Buffer, ph 6.8
PSL-0188 Gram Stain Kit
This kit is intended to demonstrate gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
Components:
304A-8 - Acetone Alcohol
514A-8 - Crystal Violet
605A-8 - Gram’s Iodine
7965A-8 - Safranin O
PSL-0211 Iron Stain Kit
This kit is intended to be used to demonstrate trivalent iron in tissue sectionsor blood films.
Components:
3283A-4 - Hydrochloric Acid
680A-4 - Neutral Fast Red
758A3-4 - Potassium Ferro cyanide
PSL-0344 Masson’s Trichrome Stain Kit
This Stain is used to differentially stain collagen and smooth muscle.
Cytoplasm and muscle fibers stain red.
Collagen stains blue and nuclei stain black.
Components:
308A-4 – 1% Acetic Acid
410A-4 – Acidic Aniline Blue
110A-4 – Biebrich Scarlet/Acid Fuchsine
456A-4 – Bouin’s Fixative
6201-4 – Weigert’s Hematoxylin A
6206A-4 Weigert’s Hematoxylin B
726A-4 – Phosphomolybdate/phosphotungstate
PSL-0244 Mucicarmine Stain
Mucicarmine stain is used to demonstrate mucin in paraffin tissue sections.
Components:
6649A-4 - Metanil Yellow Stain Solution
6760A-4 - Mucicarmine Stock Stain
6198A-4 - Modified Mayer’s Hematoxylin
PSL-0027 PAS Stain Kit
The Periodic Acid-Schiff’s Stain Kit is used to demonstrate polysaccharides, neural mucosubstances and basement membranes.
Components:
705A-4 – Periodic Acid
6455A-4 - Light Green SF Stain
6198A-4 - Modified Mayer’s Hematoxylin
804A-16 - Schiff’s reagent – 16 oz
PSL-0311 Reticulum Stain
This stain is a histological used to stain the reticulum of liver, spleen, kidney and other organs.
Components:
5638A-4 Ferric Ammonium Sulfate
5730A-4 Formalin 1:5
5965A-4 Gold Chloride 0.1%
680A-4 Nuclear Fast Red
7460A-4 Potassium Metabisulfite
7860A-4 Potassium Permanganate
8060A-4 Silver Nitrate
8370A-4 Sodium Hydroxide
8725A-4 Sodium Thiosulfate