[Histonet] slide disposal[Scanned]

[Rogerson Kemlo (ELHT) Pathology]

Hire a cement mixer and get some lumps of metal or ball bearings. Put
the slides and bearings in the mixer, turn on. Voila powdered glass;
take to dump.

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bonnie
Whitaker
Sent: 02 August 2005 21:03
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] slide disposal[Scanned]

Hi All,

Can some of you give me ideas of how you handle old slide disposal?
Particularly those of you in smaller, private labs.  I have about 20
years
worth of slides that I need to dispose of.  If I have to send them with
my
biohazardous waste, I can, but it seems like an unnecessary expense.
Currently that is what the procedure says that we do, but is it really
necessary?  Maybe someone out there would like to build a glass house :
)  

Bonnie Whitaker
Lab Manager
Brown & Associates Medical Laboratories
8076 El Rio
Houston, Texas  77054
713-741-6677


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