[Histonet] Wax in hallways

[Jay Lundgren]

Fill an industrial mop bucket with xylene and go to town! JK ;)

Scrape it, but try doubling up your sticky mat placement.  Not just
doorways, but around your embedding center, a perimeter around your
microtomy area, etc.  Sticky mats are cheap, tech time is expensive.  Make
sure your histotechs are cleaning their cutting areas every day, especially
scraping and sweeping the floor in their area.  It only takes a minute a
day per tech if you keep after it.  Assign it like any other task and make
sure it's done every day.

Paraffin on floors is gross.  That's not just wax buildup, it's people.

Sincerely,

Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP)

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM Karen Schieberl CA-San Francisco via
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> I use a paraffin scraper.  I think MarketLab has them.
> Karen Schieberl HT ASCP
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> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM Naira Margaryan via Histonet <
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> > We have noticed lots of wax dots on the hallway with linoleum floors.
> > Sticky mats are not helping. Even when we leave our lab coat in the lab,
> > there is still some residue under our shoes.
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> > What do you use in your lab?
> > How you remove wax from the shiny linoleum surface?
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> > Any suggestions are appreciated,
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