[Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question

[Jan Shivers]

I pack slides in 100-slide plastic boxes, with gauze sponges laid inside the 
boxes on top of slide edges to ensure that they don't jiggle around inside 
the box.  Boxes are taped shut, then packed inside a cardboard box with 
plenty of room for packing peanuts or bubble wrap.  Never have had a 
problem.

Jan Shivers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Collette" <collette2 <@t> mail.llnl.gov>
To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:28 PM
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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