There are non flammable sprays available. We got the recall notice and switched our old inventory out. I found 3 different histology specific sprays. The electronic industry offers some as well. Another option is just using LN2 .Jason HauserSenior Histology TechnicianThe South Bend ClinicSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device------ Original message------From: AkemiDate: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 10:05 AMTo: Knutson, Deanne;Histonet;Cc: Subject:Re: [Histonet] Flammable Sprays in CryostatsWe are purchasing two of their newer UV cryostats and they were adamant that we use a non flammable freezing spray because it can damage the UV unit and have potential for exploding.
Akemi Allison Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 25, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Knutson, Deanne via Histonet wrote: > > I just received a letter from Leica Biosystems where they are prohibiting the > usage of flammable > freezing sprays in their cryostats. What are others using in their cryostats > to instantly freeze specimens? > > Thank you. > > > Deanne Knutson > Supervisor > Anatomic Pathology > dknut...@primecare.org > > > > > > > ________________________________ > This email may include confidential and privileged information. If this is > not intended for your use, please destroy immediately and contact the sender > of the message. > > This email and attachments contain information that may be confidential or > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, notify the sender at once > and delete this message completely from your information system. Further use, > disclosure, or copying of information contained in this email is not > authorized, and any such action should not be construed as a waiver of > privilege or other confidentiality protections. > _______________________________________________ > 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
