Mumps is an infection caused by a virus. It mainly affects the salivary glands but sometimes other parts of the body are affected. Mumps normally affects children, but can occur at any age. Mumps is now rare in the UK as children are routinely immunised against mumps.
Used as a preservative for most of history, honey is also one of the foods that donât need to be refrigerated. In fact, storing it in an environment thatâs too cool increased the chances of glucose crystallizing inside the honey.
Essential 1: Fresh tissue. 1  Fix as soon as possible. 2  If fixation is not immediately possible refrigerate, do not freeze. 3  Fresh tissue may be infectious.  Do not allow specimens to dry 1  out. Do not distort tissue.  Label fully and accurately.