Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Lab
About the Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Lab
The CLIA-certified Histochemistry and Tissue ProcessingÌý— Muscle Enzyme Histochemistry Lab is part of the Department of Biomedical Research at ²¨É«µ¥Ë«. Located on the campus of the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, the lab provides clinical laboratory testing for Muscle Enzyme Histochemistry services.
Our Commitment
Our commitment is to provide basic and complex diagnostic Muscle Enzyme Histochemistry services for Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, its partners and collaborators, while keeping with the mission, vision and values of Nemours and preserving efficiency in all processes.
Lab Researchers & Location
Lab Head
Heather Hardy, HT (ASCP)
Laboratory Director
Phone (Office):Ìý(302) 651-6827Ìý
Phone (Lab): (302) 651-6771
Fax:Ìý(302) 651-5010
Our Location
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware
Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Laboratory
1701 Rockland Road
Rockland 1 Room 274
Wilmington, DE 19803
Clinical Services & Equipment
Clinical Services
Lab Equipment
The lab is equipped with excellent instrumentation and maintains LEAN principles of operation. Our instrumentation includes:
- (1) Leica tissue processor
- (1) Leica cryostat
- (3) Leica automated microtomes
- (1) Sakura H&E stainer
- (1) Leica immunostainer
- (1) Thermo Scientific HistoStar embedding center TM.
- (2) Olympus light microsopes
- (1) Olympus fluorescence microscope
- (1) HiTech imaging system with ImagePro Plus software
- (1) Galileo Tissue Microarrayer