[Histonet] viral contamination during frozen sections

[Morken, Timothy]

Travis, check out  the CDC website

http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/Disinfection_Sterilization/6_0disinfection.html


Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus 
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center




-----Original Message-----
From: Travis Troyer via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 12:32 PM
To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] viral contamination during frozen sections

I have a question that I wanted some input on.  Our lab was thinking about the possibilities a patient with a viral infection having a frozen section
(hepatitis, HIV, etc.) .   I was wondering if anyone had any protocols for
the stains and the cleanliness of the slides after the frozen section was
retrieved.   This is this the first time this thought came up and we were
wondering about viral contamination in the stains and the safety of
employees beyond the cryostat.    I have found information on cleaning the
cryostat, but I was wondering if anyone did any cleaning of the staining table after the slides with contaminated tissue were stained.

Thanks,
Travis Troyer
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