[Histonet] Flammable Sprays in Cryostats

[jasonhauser71 at gmail.com]

There are non flammable sprays available. We got the recall notice and switched our old inventory out. I found 3 different histology specific sprays. The electronic industry offers some as well. Another option is just using LN2 .Jason HauserSenior Histology TechnicianThe South Bend ClinicSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device------ Original message------From: AkemiDate: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 10:05 AMTo: Knutson, Deanne;Histonet;Cc: Subject:Re: [Histonet] Flammable Sprays in CryostatsWe are purchasing two of their newer UV cryostats and they were adamant that we use a non flammable freezing spray because it can damage the UV unit and have potential for exploding.

Akemi Allison

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> On Sep 25, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Knutson, Deanne via Histonet  wrote:
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> I just received a letter from Leica Biosystems where they are prohibiting the usage of flammable
> freezing sprays in their cryostats.  What are others using in their cryostats to instantly freeze specimens?
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> Thank you.
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> Deanne Knutson
> Supervisor
> Anatomic Pathology
> dknutson at primecare.org
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