We are a research laboratory. Our policy, based on communication via the Histonet, is to keep 2 years worth of paraffin blocks in the lab. Blocks greater than 2 years old up to 10 years old, we send to off-site storage. Blocks greater than 10 years old are destroyed by the storage company since they have them.
When we first set up this system last year, we had 20 years worth of blocks and the majority were put in our red hazardous waste bucket to be incinerated. Peggy -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Joyce Cline Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:28 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] block disposal How does everyone handle disposing of blocks that are more than 10 years old? Are they incinerated, hauled away by a waste management company or just thrown in the trash. In Maryland I was told they can't be thrown in the regular trash by a state waste official. Joyce Cline, Technical Specialist Hagerstown Medical Laboratory 301-665-4980 fax 301-665-4941 joyce.cl...@wchsys.org<mailto:joyce.cl...@wchsys.org> ________________________________ ***** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet 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 Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet