[Histonet] Slides & blocks - Biohazard?

[kevin williams]

   Prions,  are  not  regulations  and if these are going into land fill,
   surly the odd tampon has more prions than shavings.
   >From: Jackie.O'Connor <@t> abbott.com
   >To: "kevin williams" <akwilliams75 <@t> hotmail.com>
   >CC: histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu, Rcartun <@t> harthosp.org
   >Subject: RE: [Histonet] Slides & blocks - Biohazard?
   >Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 09:49:55 -0500
   >
   >Prions.
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   >"kevin williams" <akwilliams75 <@t> hotmail.com>
   >Sent by: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
   >05/18/2004 09:31 AM
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   >         To:     Rcartun <@t> harthosp.org, histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu
   >         cc:
   >         Subject:        RE: [Histonet] Slides & blocks - Biohazard?
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   >    Dear Richard:
   >
   >    I  have  been  told that shavings are not Biohazard, because they
   have
   >    been  processed,  so  how  can  a  single "shaving" on a slide be
   considered
   >    biohazard?
   >
   >    Yours faithfully,
   >
   >    A. Kevin Williams
   >    >From: "Richard Cartun" <Rcartun <@t> harthosp.org>
   >    >To: <Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
   >    >Subject: [Histonet] Slides & blocks - Biohazard?
   >    >Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:22:21 -0400
   >    >
   >    >Are   glass   microscopic  slides  and  paraffin  tissue  blocks
   considered
   >    >"biohazards"?  We  occasionally  receive either unstained slides
   or a
   >    >paraffin  tissue  block   in  a  "Biohazard"  bag  from  another
   institution
   >    for
   >    >special   testing.  Technically  speaking,  the  only  personnel
   allowed to
   >    >handle  those  materials  would  be  those  individuals  wearing
   gloves.
   >    >
   >    >Richard Cartun
   >    >
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