RE: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
I have a tool that I got from those odd ball lab supply company that carry a little of everything. Its long like a broom handle and has a scraper blade on the bottom with a removable replaceable blade. Cost like 20 bucks works great then I just sweep it up. Nicole Tatum, HT ASCP You can buy this type of thing too if you aren't the McGiver type. For instance...from American Mastertech item # CPW04200E Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histot...@imagesbyhopper.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:50 PM To: JR R Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean? We don't keep it off the floor, but do use a wide-bladed putty knife attached to a mop handle to scrape the residual wax off the floor. It woks quite nicely and doesn't remove the actual floor wax like a razor blade scrapper would. Michelle Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:44 PM, JR R rosenfeld...@hotmail.com wrote: We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station. Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor? Thanks, Jerry Ricks Research Scientist University of Washington Department of Pathology ___ 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 ___ 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
RE: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
You can buy this type of thing too if you aren't the McGiver type. For instance...from American Mastertech item # CPW04200E Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histot...@imagesbyhopper.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:50 PM To: JR R Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean? We don't keep it off the floor, but do use a wide-bladed putty knife attached to a mop handle to scrape the residual wax off the floor. It woks quite nicely and doesn't remove the actual floor wax like a razor blade scrapper would. Michelle Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:44 PM, JR R rosenfeld...@hotmail.com wrote: We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station. Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor? Thanks, Jerry Ricks Research Scientist University of Washington Department of Pathology ___ 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 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
We us a scraper I bought at Home Depot called the floor buster. Daniel Hewitt Histology Supervisor, HVS 412-749-7371 This email, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or an agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Heritage Valley Health System. The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed on the internet. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of CHRISTIE GOWAN Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM To: sgoe...@mirnarx.com; histot...@imagesbyhopper.com; rosenfeld...@hotmail.com Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean? We use a razor blade scraper but we turn it around and use the dull side. Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:59:21 -0500 From: sgoe...@mirnarx.com To: histot...@imagesbyhopper.com; rosenfeld...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean? CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu You can buy this type of thing too if you aren't the McGiver type. For instance...from American Mastertech item # CPW04200E Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histot...@imagesbyhopper.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:50 PM To: JR R Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean? We don't keep it off the floor, but do use a wide-bladed putty knife attached to a mop handle to scrape the residual wax off the floor. It woks quite nicely and doesn't remove the actual floor wax like a razor blade scrapper would. Michelle Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:44 PM, JR R rosenfeld...@hotmail.com wrote: We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station. Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor? Thanks, Jerry Ricks Research Scientist University of Washington Department of Pathology ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
I periodically use a scraper to get the wax off the floor under the microtomes and I have housekeeping strip the floors a couple of times a year. We also use a shop vac to vacuum up around the embedder and throughout the lab. We have sticky mats at the entrance to the microtome stations and at the door to the embedding room. Also Market lab makes these mats that trap paraffin and we have them throughout the lab. They come in a couple different sizes and also you can get custom sizes. All this because we almost took out our department head one day when he went slipping over the waxy floor - before my time but I imagine it wasn't pretty. You also just have to be aware that what we do produces waxy debris and you have to be careful as to not make such a big mess. I teach the students to be neat and to clean up after themselves - and they do! Andi On Jun 14, 2011, at 3:44 PM, JR R wrote: We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station. Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor? Thanks, Jerry Ricks Research Scientist University of Washington Department of Pathology ___ 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
Re: [Histonet] Keeping Histo room floor clean?
We don't keep it off the floor, but do use a wide-bladed putty knife attached to a mop handle to scrape the residual wax off the floor. It woks quite nicely and doesn't remove the actual floor wax like a razor blade scrapper would. Michelle Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:44 PM, JR R rosenfeld...@hotmail.com wrote: We keep getting a lot of paraffin on the floor of one histo room--especially around the microtome and the embedding station. Short of laying down a tarp, what do folks do keep wax off of the floor? Thanks, Jerry Ricks Research Scientist University of Washington Department of Pathology ___ 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
