[Histonet] Talk to me about shelf life and outdates

[Goins, Tresa]

We also have some ancient dyes in powder form that we label "Discard at Loss of Function".  We were audited recently and there was no problem with the labeling, just as long as everything had a label. 

Tresa

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Subject: [Histonet] Talk to me about shelf life and outdates

We're prepping for an inspection and I have a small amount of older powdered dyes and substances we can't get any more.    They're dated 'Good until used'.
 
Would someone elaborate on how we came to have outdates on things that never had them before, and how those outdates are determined?
 
Is there a procedure or policy you might share so we can keep our old but good items in service until we run out rather than in 12 months (EEEK!!!)
 
Many thanks!
 
Cheryl


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