[Histonet] RE: Recycled or not?

[Barbara Tibbs]

While I can agree that recycling alcohol and xylene is both environmentally and economically advantageous, technically it's awful.  There's no way to make used alcohol and xylene as pure as it was originally.  There's also the issue of fumes from recycling a solvent.  The company I had used years ago swore that there were no fumes when using their machine but the personnel working in the laboratory would vigorously disagree. 

Barbara S. Tibbs
Histology Supervisor
Accurate Diagnostic Labs
South Plainfield, NJ
barbara.tibbs <@t> accuratediagnosticlabs.com
732-839-3374
Cell: 610-809-6508


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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu <histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> on behalf of Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) <jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:45 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Recycled or not?

Morning All!

I have heard for years the general problems with using recycled alcohols on H&E stainers, but do the same problems occur when using recycled xylene?

Thanks!

Jeanine H. Sanders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
404-639-3590
jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov


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