[Histonet] RE: Histonet Digest, Vol 91, Issue 21; Keeping Histo room floor clean? (JR R)

[Mayer,Toysha N]

I will call myself old school and say, a slide works well and can be disposed of in the broken glass box.
Now you can get your housekeeping dept to just shower scrub your floor and not put wax on it.  But the putty knife, especially on a broom or mop handle is great, and easier on the knees and back.


Toysha N. Mayer, MBA, HT (ASCP)
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Program in Histotechnology
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:49:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
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We don't keep it off the floor, but do use a wide-bladed putty knife attached to a mop handle to scrape the residual wax off the floor. It woks quite nicely and doesn't remove the actual floor wax like a razor blade scrapper would.

Michelle

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On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:44 PM, JR R <rosenfeldtek <@t> hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station.
> 
> Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry Ricks
> Research Scientist
> University of Washington
> Department of Pathology
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