[Histonet] Paraffin on floors

[Andrea Grantham]

We just got floor mats from MarketLab that were designed for histology 
labs. Paraffin will fall into grooves in the mats and we can vacuum it up 
with the shop vac I also just got. I keep one in the embedding area and one 
near the processor and on the way out the door. The mats come in two sizes 
but you can special order any size you need. They work great. We also use 
those sticky mats (human fly paper) to catch paraffin that may stick to 
your shoes.
Andi



At 08:32 AM 9/7/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>We have used the industrial type rugs , seen at entrances of buildings, 
>and place these at microtomes and embedding areas.  They are vacuumed to 
>remove paraffin trimmings.  We had to go to rugs as our floors became so 
>slippery, safety was an issue - particularly after a visiting researcher 
>slipped, went backwards and if he hadn't caught a doorknob on way down, 
>would have cracked his skull on a concrete floor
>
>
>
>At 02:47 PM 9/3/2004, you wrote:
>
>>I found a long metal scraper, straight wooden handle, (not expensive) at Home
>>Depot ..... the blade is just about 6" wide.   We've used it for years.
>>
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