[Histonet] Retaining empty containers

[WILLIAM DESALVO]

We also keep the empty containers. The empty containers are kept one week, placed in hazardous bags and labeled by grosser/date, the formalin is emptied, at time of grossing, into our Formalin refiltering system (Creative Waste Solutions) and the recovered formalin is used at the grossing bench to fix cassettes waiting for processing. This reduces the waste formalin needed to be hauled out of the lab. 

William DeSalvo, B.S., HTL(ASCP)




 
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:42:03 -0400
> From: MSHERWOOD <@t> PARTNERS.ORG
> To: Lynne.Bell <@t> cvmc.org; Rhonda.Hartz <@t> saskatoonhealthregion.ca; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retaining empty containers
> CC: 
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> We too save our containers; on several occasions we had the investigator
> question the coding (usually their fault)! We keep ours for @a month
> (overkill), and then empty the formalin into waste container for pickup and
> discard the bottles. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bell, Lynne
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:56 AM
> To: 'Hartz, Rhonda SktnHR'; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Retaining empty containers
> 
> We keep all of our empty containers for one week in plastic biohazard buckets
> and we label them Monday, Tuesday, etc. (same as Rosa). Saving them has saved
> our butt more than a few times!
> 
> Lynne A. Bell, HT (ASCP)
> Technical Specialist, Histology
> Central Vermont Medical Center
> 130 Fisher Road
> Barre, VT 05641
> 802-371-4923
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