We use chux here as well. The cotton in them can bunch up, also they don't lay
completely flat. We also use the thin lab mats. Cardinal carries them as does
fisher. They can be bought in bulk, have an absorbent side and a fluid
resistant side. Since we are on a tight budget here, and students are
wasteful, they work well for us. A pack of 30 or so lasts us about two
calendar months. We use 1/day and 3/week.
There is also a bench top liner that you can purchase. It may come in a roll,
and you can just cut what you need.
As for disposal, since they are contaminated with specimens, we place ours
directly in the biohazard. Any item that may have come in contact with an
unprocessed specimen (no blades or glass) goes into the biohazard waste.
Hope this helps.
Toysha Mayer
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:42:55 +0000
From: "Terri Braud" <tbr...@holyredeemer.com>
To: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'"
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] disposable grossing pad
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I know many, including staff here, that prefer to use "chux". They are very
cheap, come in various sizes and adsorption levels, latex-free, with a highly
absorbent core and soft, quick-drying coverstock so you don't get lint in your
specimens. Use your favorite search engine to look them up. Almost all major
Med suppliers carry them. Between specimens, we just toss the old one into
red-bag waste.
I hope this helps.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
ph: 215-938-3689
fax: 215-938-3874
Care, Comfort, and Heal
1. formalin pad for grossing (Wang, Weixi)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:09:25 +0000
From: "Wang, Weixi" <wangwe...@sjhmc.org>
Subject: [Histonet] formalin pad for grossing Dear all Histonetters, It has
been a while since I joined the mailing list and I learned a lot here!
Now I have a question and would like to get feedbacks regarding the use of
formalin in the grossing room. I was instructed to use the formalin-neutralized
pads during the grossing. Any other pads or paper, absorbent or not, cannot go
to the bio-hazardous waste. But the neutralizer pads are so costly, especially
for grossing part, when we need to change very frequently to void the cross
contamination between specimen.
I would like to know what is the pad/mat/paper you use for grossing, and how do
you dispose these formalin contaminated materials.
Any feedback is deeply appreciated!
Weixi
Weixi Wang, Ph.D., HTL(ASCP)
Manager | Histology Laboratory
St. Joseph's Healthcare System
703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503
Phone: 973.754.3541 | Fax: 973.754.3292
wangwe...@sjhmc.org<mailto:wangwe...@sjhmc.org> |
www.StJosephsHealth.org<http://www.StJosephsHealth.org>
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