Hi Histonetters!
For those who use recycled alcohol, I have a few questions.
Do you use it in your automatic HE stainers?
Are you having any troubles with proper, consistent HE staining?
We are using recycled alcohol, and wish to continue to do so IF we can. We are
having issues with our
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Has anyone pulled the drawer out on the benchmark while the machine is on with
the pressure on? I know there is a fix but the customer service has not
caalled us back!!
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Pathology Supervisor
S. Kathy Baldwin, SCT (ASCP)
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
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Issues with recycled ethanol and xylene appear frequently in this list and I
always answer the same: IF the recycling unit is working adequately and is
maintained well to assure a final (recycled) product of good quality there
should be no differences because ethanol and xylene will be pure.
Why don't you prepare it in your lab? By doing so you will cut costs and assure
a consistent decal solution.
René J.
--- On Fri, 7/22/11, pam plumlee paw...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: pam plumlee paw...@yahoo.com
Subject: [Histonet] EDTA 14%
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
*Allied Search Partners is currently looking for a qualified Histotech for a
laboratory in Lancaster, PA. We have a temporary or permanent position
available. We are looking for local candidates only for the temp position,
and the position would be effective August 1st. We are also looking for a
There is no vendor I know of who sells 14% EDTA. It is important to
remember that the EDTA you have to use is Tetrasodium EDTA, MW 452.2. This
particular EDTA is highly soluble in water compared to EDTA without any
sodiums, or disodium EDTA. Also, once dissolved it has a very high pH of
Happy Friday everyone,
I am currently researching ways to dispose of NBF waste. I would like to know
if you are neutralizing the waste and then putting it down the drain or if you
are shipping it off to be handled by another company. I am looking for the best
and most cost effective way to
Hey Michelle,
The easiest way to find out if it's the recycled regeants is to use fresh
reagents and see how the stain looks. Obvisously if it still shows sign of
a lack of color or detail than I would think it could be the stains
themselves.
What manufacture and type of Hematoxylin and Eosin
Sharon,
We use a product called Aldex to neutralize our formalin. It binds with the
aldehyde groups and neutralizes them. According to the mfr, you can dispose of
it in regular trash, but I am more cautious and throw it away in red bag trash.
Michelle
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On Jul 22, 2011, at
I am in Indiana we got inspected IDEM and they said even if you neutralize the
formalin it is not suppose to be put down the drain, none the less we now have
this hauled off. We also cannot put ETOH down the drain as well.
Thanks
Pathology Supervisor
S. Kathy Baldwin, SCT (ASCP)
Memorial
I have tried ALL available neutralizing agents in the market and ALL of them
test positive for formalin after the neutralization is completed.
I would not dump any neutralized formalin down the drain. After all those
tests I ended returning to my reliable method of having someone to haul it out
Sharon,
IMO - in today's world no laboratory waste should go down the drain. It is
just not an environmentally responsible practice - and it all ends up
eventually be discharged into in a stream somewhere.
We collect all liquid waste (formalin, ETOH, xylenes, acids, bases, stains,
Hi All, we had our CAP inspection yesterday and were cited for disposing of our
waste wax from the processors in regular waste. In all my 20+ years of working
in histology I have never disposed of the dirty wax in biohazard waste.
Especially now with the newer processors that have very little
We have ours set at 750 RPM for 2 Min.
Matt Lunetta
BS,HT(ASCP)
Longmont United Hospital
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:30:44 +
From: Marcia Fisher
Subject: [Histonet] RPM on Cytocentrifuge for CSF
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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That's funny that you got cited for that. I was surprised to learn what our
safety officer setup at my lab for paraffin disposal. A commercial company
takes our paraffin and makes a product with it that is mixed with cedar
sawdust and paraffin wax for starting fires in the BBQ, fireplace, or
We have to have our processor paraffin picked up as hazardous waste, since it
has traces of CitriSolv in it.
Peggy
Peggy Sherwood
Lab Associate, Photopathology
Wellman Center for Photomedicine (EDR 214)
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Blossom Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
617-724-4839 (voice
Hi,
Please let me know the name and ordering information of the blue dye used
during processing. Currently we use eosin in all our alcohols but still tissues
are very pale and hard to see at embedding.
Please share If anyone has any other sugesstions that will help to see small
tissues
Kevin, This reply has nothing to do with your post. But my family and I will
be moving to Tallahassee Florida soon and I would really like to speak with
regrading Histology in that area. Would you please email me at
anastasiapinks...@hotmail.com at your convenience?
Ana Pinkston
Greetings,
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