Helen, we use Coleman 50-qt wheeled coolers (with wheels and handles). The containers and buckets are parafilmed and put in plastic bags. The coolers have formalin absorbing pads at the bottom for any leaks. The coolers are liquid proof, easy to roll around. Occasionally a handle will break on one, but we keep spares at each site. We use these for couriering all our paperwork and specimens between 3 sites. We don't courier too many large specimens, but we do courier a lot of cassettes in baskets for processing from two sites to a central histo lab for processing. Same issue - containing the formalin in a container.
https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-50-Quart-Wheeled-Cooler-Blue/dp/B000G33YT0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478280100&sr=8-2&keywords=50+qt+wheeled+cooler Tim Morken Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center -----Original Message----- From: Howe, Helena via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 10:16 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Transporting wet tissues Does anyone have a system for transporting large specimens to Your lab. We are building an offsite lab for Anatomic Pathology and are looking for a safe way to transport the large specimens that are in buckets of formalin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EMAIL CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This Email message, and any attachments, may contain confidential patient health information that is legally protected. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and delete the message from your system. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
