[Histonet] paraffin on floors

Thu Feb 10 12:08:41 CST 2022

After a ba-zillion years in Histology, I've found there is no substitution for having the floors stripped every 2 weeks.  The trick is NOT to apply floor wax after stripping.  We've also been currently using mats in key areas where the most traffic is.  This prevents wax from being ground into the floor and becoming slippery.  The mats are changed out every 2 weeks, too.  The techs are expected to scrape up excess floor paraffin at the end of their shift or at the end of daily cutting.  I hope this helps.

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for 
Holy Redeemer Hospital
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   1. Tiny folds in colon bx (Rinker,Jeffrey)
   2. Flooring (Normington, Lacy)
   3. Re: Flooring (Curt Tague)

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I have been having a terrible time with small folds in my colon bxs. They tend to be perpendicular to the cutting edge and i have tried all the standard ways to get rid of them. My Dr says that the sections are fine and that they don't effect the diagnosis but i would really like to figure out why hey are there.
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What does your institution do to mitigate paraffin collection on the floors? Do you strip the floors at defined periods of time? Do you use mats throughout entire laboratory, under microtomy stations? Currently our institution uses a sticky plastic green flooring, which is ripped up every quarter and replaced. However, during this time there are many spots which the plastic breaks down due to consistent activity over a spot. This requires the flooring to be scraped, stripped, etc.

Thanks
Lacy Normington
UW Health

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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:42:18 +0000
From: Curt Tague <c.tague at pathologyarts.com>
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We use some of this clear vinyl, like you'd see in a walk in fridge... get the wide stuff and cut it out to fit under a cutting station. It completely saves the floors and when it's trashed out we can just throw it away, get he floors cleaned and put some more down... works great for me.
https://www.marinevinylfabric.com/products/clear-marine-vinyl?variant=39274692935764&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO10i6dntCGz7nN7NIKDOxpa2a9Lp3o7EsglXSl9Mh-3TdVmL1pm0ugaAlvhEALw_wcB

https://www.strip-curtains.com/proCat/bulkVinylRolls.php
we use the 48" roll here

I'm sure you can google other vendors too... 

best of luck!
Curt

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What does your institution do to mitigate paraffin collection on the floors? Do you strip the floors at defined periods of time? Do you use mats throughout entire laboratory, under microtomy stations? Currently our institution uses a sticky plastic green flooring, which is ripped up every quarter and replaced. However, during this time there are many spots which the plastic breaks down due to consistent activity over a spot. This requires the flooring to be scraped, stripped, etc.

Thanks
Lacy Normington
UW Health
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