Staining procedures used by the Biological stain commission

The Biological Stain Commission (BSC) was founded by H.J. Conn to help microscopists assure the capability of stains and dyes to perform to expectations when used in a certain specified group of histolocal and pathological staining/dyeing methods. Thus, one can currently purchase quantities of a specific dye or stain from a vendor to color, for example, carbohydrates in a section of biological tissue. One of these samples may be certified to perform as expected in the coloring of carbohydrates and will show it by an applied label while the other sample - even though from the same lot - may lack the certification label and be, therefore, less costly but equally capable. The trick is to be able to search for a sample with a lot or batch number that has already been certified BUT lacks the label. For pathologists, the certification is generally worth the cost. This book was published to present to the interested user the staining procedures used by the BSC in the certification process. This book is worth while company for 'Conn's Biological Stains', a separate publication that deals exclusively with the nature of dyes and stains used in the biological/histological sciences. An example