Hy Karyrn. As my lab carry frozen section daily, the decontamination/fumigation of the cryostat on a daily basis is not practical as we do not have a back up cryostat. Also after every frozen section, we make sure that the Cryostat is get disinfected of any fresh tissue trimming with 70 % alcohol. Every friday night the cryostat get set-up for fumigation and get decontaminated weekly using Formaldehyde vapour/ then we neutralise them with ammonia, according to manufacturer recommendation (Thermo Scientific), though the fumigation will not activate until Sunday night so Week-end On-Call staff can carry urgent Frozen sections if needed. Each decontamination/fumigation cycle is then Log, for CPA purposes.
Hope this helps Malika ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Myers, Karyn" <karynmy...@texashealth.org> To: "'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:57:35 -0500 Subject: [Histonet] Cryostat Decontamination Hello, Our Hospital has several Frozen Section Rooms, each of which have 1 to 2 cryostats. The majority of our cryostats are the newer models, with the built in Ultraviolet Radiation Disinfection cycle (runs every afternoon.) However, we still have a couple of the older models that do not have an automatic disinfection cycle. What are other institutions currently doing to disinfect their cryostats. Any information/policy will be greatly appreciated, Karyn The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited from copying, distributing, or using the information. Please contact the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the original message from your system. -- " Smile .... it confuses people " _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
