We always packed the boxes with wipe-alls to hold the slides secure when the lid was closed, then taped the boxes closed (but those were plastic boxes). Strong rubber bands can be used with the cardboard/wood boxes to ensure that the lids do not pop open during shipping. This was successful during the shipment of literally thousands of slide. Our only problems occurred when the boxes were not as well packed on their return.
Roger Moretz, Ph.D. (ret.) ----- Original Message ---- From: "Rathborne, Toni" <trathbo...@somerset-healthcare.com> To: Nicole Collette <collet...@mail.llnl.gov>; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 1:38:04 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question If you package the slides back-to-back in that box, they will stay more secure. -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]on Behalf Of Nicole Collette Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:29 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] shipping slides, elementary question Happy Friday everyone, I have a very basic question about shipping slides (mouse tissue, non-biohaz). I am planning to ship a bunch to a collaborator, on the order of a few hundred. I have black hinged cardboard/wood 100-slide boxes, similar to https://www.vwrsp.com/catalog/product/index.cgi?catalog_number=48452-001&inE=1&highlight=48452-001 will these be sufficient for shipping (provided I ensure they stay closed during transit) to avoid breakage? I have slide mailers, but they only hold a few slides. I will do that if I need to (it would be a whole lot of packaging and labeling though...), but don't want to just send a giant box and have them all broken on the other end. Maybe there's another alternative? I'm sure someone on histonet has done this before :) Thanks in advance for the advice. Sincerely, Nicole Collette Lawrence Livermore National Lab/ UC Berkeley collet...@llnl.gov _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Somerset Medical Center and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may contain privileged, confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information entitled to protection and/or exemption from disclosure under applicable law. Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery error by e-mail or you may call Somerset Medical Center's computer Help Desk at 908-685-2200, ext. 4050. Be sure to visit Somerset Medical Center's Web site - www.somersetmedicalcenter.com - for the most up-to-date news, event listings, health information and more. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet