In Florida we need to keep blocks only during 9 years. Every year we disposed those kept for 9 years and started a new series (using the same cabinets). Other states may have different regulations. René J.
--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Sherwood, Margaret <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sherwood, Margaret <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Re: Paraffin Blocks To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 2:39 PM I know this subject has probably been addressed before, but I need to poll the net. We are a Pathology Core in a research center. We have paraffin blocks (mostly non-human) collected since we were established in 1986. Our core will soon be undergoing renovation and we need to either store or dispose of a good many of these blocks. It will be expensive to store all these blocks and, since most of them have never been accessed again, we would like to destroy them. I would like to hear back from other people as to what their policy is, especially in a clinical setting. Thank you. Peggy Peggy Sherwood Lab Associate, Photopathology Wellman Center for Photomedicine (W224) Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114-2696 617-724-4839 (voice mail) 617-726-6983 (lab) 617-726-1206 (fax) [email protected] The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
