I would like to start off by saying that I am a full-time Pathologists'
Assistant with 33 years experience. I started a side company about 15 years
ago to deal with issues such as this. We currently have a heated forceps jar
that by its design greatly reduces the chance of floaters/contaminants.
E
You refer to the classification of bio-infectious hazardous waste?
CLASSIFICATION OF R.P.B.I.???
BLACK BAG (DOMESTIC OR MUNICIPAL GARBAGE).
Non-infectious waste
· Used paper.
· Syringe wraps, gauze, material, medications.
-Kleenex used.
RED BAG (CONTAININ BODY FLUIDS)
Biological and infecti
Akemi, all trash in gross room and histo goes into the biohazard waste.
Tim Morken
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center
-Original Message-
From: Eileen Akemi Allison via Histonet
[mailto:histonet@lists.utso
Good morning Histo Peeps:
I am curious as to your laboratory/hospital policies on how to dispose of
contaminated gloves, paper towels etc… after the PA/pathologists gross a
specimen.
Often times we receive fresh tissue in the lab and we do not know if the
patient has TB, Hepatitis, HIV, or a
