After a ba-zillion years in Histology, I've found there is no substitution for
having the floors stripped every 2 weeks. The trick is NOT to apply floor wax
after stripping. We've also been currently using mats in key areas where the
most traffic is. This prevents wax from being ground into the floor and
becoming slippery. The mats are changed out every 2 weeks, too. The techs are
expected to scrape up excess floor paraffin at the end of their shift or at the
end of daily cutting. I hope this helps.
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph: 215-938-3689
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I have been having a terrible time with small folds in my colon bxs. They tend
to be perpendicular to the cutting edge and i have tried all the standard ways
to get rid of them. My Dr says that the sections are fine and that they don't
effect the diagnosis but i would really like to figure out why hey are there.
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What does your institution do to mitigate paraffin collection on the floors? Do
you strip the floors at defined periods of time? Do you use mats throughout
entire laboratory, under microtomy stations? Currently our institution uses a
sticky plastic green flooring, which is ripped up every quarter and replaced.
However, during this time there are many spots which the plastic breaks down
due to consistent activity over a spot. This requires the flooring to be
scraped, stripped, etc.
Thanks
Lacy Normington
UW Health
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We use some of this clear vinyl, like you'd see in a walk in fridge... get the
wide stuff and cut it out to fit under a cutting station. It completely saves
the floors and when it's trashed out we can just throw it away, get he floors
cleaned and put some more down... works great for me.
https://www.marinevinylfabric.com/products/clear-marine-vinyl?variant=39274692935764¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO10i6dntCGz7nN7NIKDOxpa2a9Lp3o7EsglXSl9Mh-3TdVmL1pm0ugaAlvhEALw_wcB
https://www.strip-curtains.com/proCat/bulkVinylRolls.php
we use the 48" roll here
I'm sure you can google other vendors too...
best of luck!
Curt
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What does your institution do to mitigate paraffin collection on the floors? Do
you strip the floors at defined periods of time? Do you use mats throughout
entire laboratory, under microtomy stations? Currently our institution uses a
sticky plastic green flooring, which is ripped up every quarter and replaced.
However, during this time there are many spots which the plastic breaks down
due to consistent activity over a spot. This requires the flooring to be
scraped, stripped, etc.
Thanks
Lacy Normington
UW Health
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