We did it like Gary wrote: We had an extra "dish washer" for the
containers, that produce a nice "melange" of formalin, damp and
desinfectant. Cross contamination did not occur by washing the
containers but at the point of gross section or even at the OR
itself....
Frauke
Zitat von "Martin, Gary" <[email protected]>:
We cleaned bottles everyday for years and never had a problem ... having
said that ... it not a good idea in the end because of the time and the
exposure to the formalin.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel
Schneider
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Reusing specimen containers
I have no idea what CAP or JCAHO says about this but it's a very bad
idea.
Cross contamination happens. If you reuse containers -- and I don't
care
what precautions you take -- you will rarely or occasionally fail to
adequately clean a container and you will end up mixing patient tissues.
The cost of a specimen container is a minute fraction of the cost of
processing a specimen. Ask yourself how much money you're really
saving.
You're scrapping for pennies. Or is this some sort of "green"
initiative?
In any case, it's asking for problems
Daniel Schneider
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Kelly Colpitts
<[email protected]
wrote:
Hi Histoland!
I'm just wondering what folks out there are doing about specimen
containers. Is anyone cleaning them out and reusing them? Is there
any CAP
or Joint Commission regulations that say that all specimen containers
can
only be used once or can you reuse them as long as they have been
thoroughly
cleaned?
Thanks for you all your input,
Kelly
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