Lester, For safety's sake, as well as laymen peace of mind, I would place them in the normal tissue disposal biohazard boxes. Notify the proper areas as to what they are so that they can be aware. Most other areas in the hospital will feel better, but the number crunchers may be upset because of the number of containers being used. You cannot fill them to the top, but usually about 1/2 to 3/4 full.
Sincerely, Toysha N. Mayer, D.H.Sc., MBA, HT (ASCP) Instructor/Education Coordinator Program in Histotechnology School of Health Professions UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 713.563-3481 The information contained in the e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and/or protected from disclosure. This e-mail message may contain protected health information (PHI); dissemination of PHI should comply with applicable federal and state laws. If you are not the intended recipient, or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, any further review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment (or the information contained therein) is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all references to it and its contents from your systems. Message: 10 Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 17:35:05 +0000 From: Lester Raff MD <lr...@uropartners.com> To: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Disposal of Blocks and Slides Message-ID: <6347C6D2B080534F9B5C2B08436DCFAF0B5EA84B@COLOEXCH01.uropartners.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Our lab will be passing its 10th anniversary shortly, and for space considerations, will begin disposal of blocks and slides. None of blocks or slides from early years have patient ID, so no HIPAA concerns, but what other issues are there with disposal? What kind of waste do slides and blocks constitute? Are they considered medical waste? Any information, particularly from Illinois, appreciated. Lester J. Raff, MD MBA UroPartners Medical Director Of Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel: 708-486-0076 Fax: 708-492-0203 A celebratory post: http://www.chicagonow.com/downsize-maybe/2016/01/turning-60-along-with-some-of-my-friends/ ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ------------------------------ End of Histonet Digest, Vol 146, Issue 3 **************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and/or protected from disclosure. This e-mail message may contain protected health information (PHI); dissemination of PHI should comply with applicable federal and state laws. If you are not the intended recipient, or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, any further review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment (or the information contained therein) is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all references to it and its contents from your systems. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet