[Histonet] Closed doors in Histology

[Victoria Baker]

Mike,

Yes that is correct.  Histology labs because of their toxic chemicals and
less than pleasant odors need to keep the doors shut for proper
ventilation.  This doesn't always happen when there is a high volume of
people going in and out.
I like it to the requirement that there be a sink (clean sink) in every
Histology lab too.  We have two sinks, 1 for special stains and the other
for tissue processor loading and formalin neutralization.  Which sink do
you think might be cleaner????

Vikki Baker

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 11:35 AM Mike Pence via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> OK, How many of you keep your doors to your Histology Dept. closed all the
> time? We were told by a CIHQ inspector that Histology Dept must be under
> negative air flow ALL THE TIME. This was a new one for me. The standard is
> from the ASHRAE 170 table 7.1
> This is just an FYI for you all that these are the kinds of things CMS is
> looking at now days.
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