You need to review all of the notes that go with the standard:
NOTE: Microwave devices should be placed in an appropriate ventilation hood to contain airborne chemical contaminants and potentially infectious agents. Before operation of the microwave device, flammable and corrosive reagents should be removed from the hood, to prevent fire or chemical damage to the electronic components of the device. Microwave devices used outside a fume hood should have an integral fume extractor that is certified by the manufacturer for use in a clinical laboratory. The effectiveness of ventilation should be monitored at least annually. This checklist requirement does not apply if only non-hazardous reagents (and non-infectious specimens) are used in the device (e.g. water, certain biological stains, paraffin sections). The laboratory should consult the MSDS sheets received with reagents and stains to assist in determining proper handling requirements and safe use. This checklist item does not apply to microwave devices that are designed by the manufacturer to operate without venting. How much of this applies to you? What are you microwaving? If it is nonhazardous, as indicated above, then this is an N/A. Or, is this a device designed to operate without venting? If situation #1 above applies, then yes, you must comply. Reading the detail in the notes is critical to understanding the standards. They are a lot more detailed and specific than what I have seen in the past in other regulatory resources. Dr Bill Tench Assoc Dir. Lab Services Chief Cytology Palomar Medical Center 555 E. Valley Parkway Escondido, Ca 92025 Voice: 760-739-3037 Fax: 760-739-2604 [None] made the following annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidential E-Mail: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy the original message and all copies. --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
