SteriCycle takes ours...we have to use yellow barrels labeled "pathology waste" and try to seperate "identifiable" tissue from "unidentifiable" tissues, which for us would be limbs, products of conception (if there is a fetus that could be recognized), and some mastectomies...Once Stericycle takes it, they incenerate it so that nothing can be identified. I'm not sure what they do with the ashes after that.
~Kim Tournear ~ HT (ASCP), QIHC (ASCP) Histology Supervisor Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZ ~Don't let your life end before it begins~ OU Rocks!!!! --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Weems, Joyce <jwe...@sjha.org> wrote: From: Weems, Joyce <jwe...@sjha.org> Subject: [Histonet] Tissue disposal To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 1:35 PM How are people disposing of their tissue? Especially in the Atlanta area? Inquiring minds want to know..... Thanks! j Joyce Weems Pathology Manager Saint Joseph's Hospital 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 678-843-7376 - Phone 678-843-7831 - Fax Confidentiality Notice: This email, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete this message. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
