[Histonet] Static electricity Tip

[Cassie P. Davis]

I cannot be the only histology tech that had a problem with static electricity so I am sharing my recent find.

In the past I had tried extra fabric softener, dryer sheets at microtomy, wool balls in my dryer with my uniforms, any suggestions, I tried with little to no success. The recent try was a large ball of aluminum foil (size of a baseball) in the dryer instead for dryer sheets or dryer ball with my uniforms (thank you YOUTUBE) and much to my surprise this was the first time I was able to go through work without my lab coat or microtomy sections sticking to me. Yes, you can reuse it and yes, it does make a thudding sound in the dryer that might drive some crazy but no where near as crazy as the static at microtomy.


Cassandra Davis
Histology Technician
Anatomical Pathology Laboratory
Saint Francis Healthcare
701 N. Clayton Street
Wilmington,DE 19805
Office:  302-575-8095
Email:  CDavis at che-east.org<mailto:n at che-east.org>
www.saintfrancishealthcare.org

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