[Histonet] : Recycled reagents in VIP processor

[Gareth Davis]

Thank you for your perspective.  All input is helpful in our decision.
Gareth

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 11:32 AM, White, Lisa M. via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> We have recycled here for over 14 years.  The cost of the recycling unit
> is not small.  It will take a while to recoup the cost.  We have found that
> xylene recycles well.  The substitutes are not infinitely recyclable.  The
> biggest savings is that you are not paying to have drums of xylene picked
> up as hazardous waste.  That is a savings in itself.  Yes you are pouring
> into a 'dirty carboy' and loading and unloading onto a machine, but you are
> either doing that or pouring dirty product into a bottle to be sent for
> pick up as well as placing new in the processor carboys.  Either way you
> have to handle product.
> If xylene or other solvent are out of range when your monitors are
> performed then the lab you work at must improve the ventilation as well as
> possibly provide chemical filter apparatus to be utilized by the staff.
>
> Just one more perspective.
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Ms. Gareth B. Davis, B.S., HT, QIHC (ASCP)cm
Yuma Gastroenterology
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