[Histonet] ventana IHC and special stains users

[Maria Katleba]

Be careful... Nexus waste DOES contain "silver" waste if you run a GMS, Steiner, etc.... and therefore, as a heavy metal, never go down any drain... no matter what state you live in. I am almost sure it's a federal thing...  "waste and waterways" or something like that.

Maria Katleba HT(ASCP), MS
Pathology Dept. Mgr
Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Napa, Ca  94558
707-252-4411 x3689




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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Joyce Cline
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:49 AM
To: Histonet
Subject: RE: [Histonet] ventana IHC and special stains users

Our IHC waste is hauled away like our Alcohol/Xylene sub. The town we are in
would not allow the IHC waste down the sink, but they do allow us to throw
the NexES sp. Stainer waste down the sink. Maryland is the state.

Joyce Cline
Technical Specialist

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Patsy Ruegg
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:21 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] ventana IHC and special stains users

Please for those of you using a Ventana IHC instrument and/or special stains
instrument, I am interested in what you do to dispose of your toxic waste.
I know each municipality is different so let me know what you do and where
you live.  Ventana does not separate toxic from non toxic waste so I imagine
there is a lot of toxic waste to deal with and the liquid coverslip alone is
something that I would think should not go down the drain??????



Best regards,

Patsy



Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC

IHCtech

12635 Montview Blvd. Ste.215

Aurora, CO 80045

720-859-4060

fax 720-859-4110

www.ihctech.net

www.ihcrg.org



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