[Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question

[Roger Moretz]

We always packed the boxes with wipe-alls to hold the slides secure when the lid was closed, then taped the boxes closed (but those were plastic boxes).  Strong rubber bands can be used with the cardboard/wood boxes to ensure that the lids do not pop open during shipping.  This was successful during the shipment of literally thousands of slide.  Our only problems occurred when the boxes were not as well packed on their return.

Roger Moretz, Ph.D. (ret.)



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From: "Rathborne, Toni" <trathborne <@t> somerset-healthcare.com>
To: Nicole Collette <collette2 <@t> mail.llnl.gov>; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 1:38:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question

If you package the slides back-to-back in that box, they will stay more secure.

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu]On Behalf Of Nicole
Collette
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:29 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question


Happy Friday everyone,

I have a very basic question about shipping slides (mouse tissue, 
non-biohaz). I am planning to ship a bunch to a collaborator, on the 
order of a few hundred. I have black hinged cardboard/wood 100-slide 
boxes, similar to

  https://www.vwrsp.com/catalog/product/index.cgi?catalog_number=48452-001&inE=1&highlight=48452-001

will these be sufficient for shipping (provided I ensure they stay 
closed during transit) to avoid breakage? I have slide mailers, but 
they only hold a few slides. I will do that if I need to (it would be 
a whole lot of packaging and labeling though...), but don't want to 
just send a giant box and have them all broken on the other end. 
Maybe there's another alternative? I'm sure someone on histonet has 
done this before :)

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Sincerely,
Nicole Collette
Lawrence Livermore National Lab/ UC Berkeley
collette2 <@t> llnl.gov



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