[Histonet] CBG BIOTECH RECYCLER

[Liz Chlipala]

Nirmala

We have the CBG recycler also.  We initially started recycling both
alcohol and xylene, but we now only recycle alcohol.  We ended up with
so much recycled xylene that we could not use.  Also you can not use the
recycled xylene on the last xylene station in the tissue processor, or
for cleaning.  It just did not work out for us for the xylene.  We
rotate our xylenes and alcohols weekly so we are always putting on one
fresh absolute and one fresh xylene, there was never a place for us to
use the recycled xylene, so we ended up with lots of it.  If you change
your entire tissue processor then you could put a recycled xylene in
place of your first xylene and then use fresh xylene for the last
station.  We do recycle the alcohol.  We get about 95% alcohol out of
the recycler - we test it for percentage of alcohol via a hydrometer and
for contamination with xylene by adding water to a small portion of it.
We only use it for 95% or less so we make up our 50%, 70% and 80%
alcohol from the recycled alcohol, these solutions do go on our tissue
processor and in the staining set up and they seem to work just fine.
To be honest we do not keep track of how many times the alcohol has been
recycled we just keep recycling it.

As for disposal we have a really cool flammable cabinet that houses a 55
gallon drum, the drum is on rollers so it can be moved easily. All of
our waste goes in there its picked up whenever it is full.  We use
Source/AET Environmental to dispose of all our liquid waste.

Liz

Elizabeth A. Chlipala, BS, HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Manager
Premier Laboratory, LLC
PO Box 18592
Boulder, Colorado 80308
office (303) 682-3949 
fax (303) 682-9060
www.premierlab.com
 
 
Ship to Address:
1567 Skyway Drive, Unit E
Longmont, Colorado 80504

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Subject: [Histonet] CBG BIOTECH RECYCLER

Hi All,

Needs some information on waste of xylene and alcohol.

We are currently using a CBG recycler in our lab.  We have been told
that 
the clean alcohols and xylenes should not go in the recycler since it 
contains paraffin. 
Also the observation is, the alcohols put in the machine is percentage 
wise less than what is put in.  In other words the recycled alcohols are

used as 95% or less.  Our cytology department does not used the recycled

alcohols or xylenes since they claim to have staining issues.
Does any one out there has developed a standard of howmany times the 
alcohols and xylene can be recycled?  Do you have a company pick up your

waste after a couple of recycles. 
Who helps out with the waste disposal and are they poured into 55 gallon

drums and hauled away?

Any assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks

Nirmala Srishan
Holy Name Medical Center
Teaneck NJ 07666







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