[Histonet] Formalin down the sink

[Jill Songer]

We collect ours in 5 gallon containers and our Environmental Health and 
Safety Dept. picks it up once a week. From there it gets picked up by a 
truck and hauled off to an unknown (at least on my part) destination.





At 08:04 PM 1/15/2004, Barbara Murray wrote:
>Greetings,
>We have been using a solidifier for our formalin, putting it 
>into  biohazard boxes for pickup by the  housekeeping dept. We were told 
>by our Safety Officer that we can now pour it down the drain with lots of 
>running water.
>For the ones of you who are using formalin, how are you disposing of it?
>Thanks for your replies. Have a great day and weekend!
>
>Barbara A. Murray,HT.(ASCP)
>The Alaska Native Medical Center
>Anchorage, Alaska
>
>
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Jill Songer HT (ASCP)
Histopathology Lab
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
Virginia Tech