[Histonet] Xylol substitutes addendum

Wed May 10 14:59:12 CDT 2006

That is true--in Minnesota, you cannot dump the substitutes--they are 
disposed of just like xylenes.
LuAnn

At 02:56 PM 5/10/2006, Carole Fields wrote:
>That's not necessarily true.  You have to check with your water company.
>Some of the substitutes are no better than xylene about disposal.  If it is
>not miscible in water it probably has to be hauled or something like
>that....it happened to us.
>Carole Fields, HT,ASCP
>Pathology Supervisor
>Lexington Medical Center
>2720 Sunset Blvd.
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>Sorry, I forgot to mention the Hemo-De & Z-Sub can both be disposed
>of down the drain flushed well with H2O. Atoska
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> >Hello, both Hem-o-de and/or Mercedes Medical's Z-sub work fine for
> >me, but I still use a final stain dish of xylene to coverslip from.
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> >>Does anyone use xylol substitutes, if so how good are they?
> >>We do CJD testing & "the powers that be" don't like to pay for getting rid
> >>of contaminated xylol. I don't want to have to start testing different
> >>substitutes, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>Thanks
> >>Sharon
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