Re: [Histonet] UV Light in Fume Hood

2020-05-14 Thread Ingles Claire via Histonet
UV-C wavelength is the best for the virus killing. Claire From: Paula via Histonet Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 1:28 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] UV Light in Fume Hood WARNING: This email appears to have originated outside of the

Re: [Histonet] UV Light in Fume Hood

2020-05-14 Thread Paula Keene Pierce via Histonet
It will need to be UVC or UVD. UV light works by scrabbling the DNA in bacteria, viruses, and mold. But I will also scrabble yours too. Hospitals, airports, and other businesses are starting to use UVD robots to disinfect patient rooms and large areas with no people present at the time. UV light

[Histonet] UV Light in Fume Hood

2020-05-14 Thread Paula via Histonet
Hello everyone.. I hope all is well. My admin wants me to look into possibly adding a UV light inside our fume hood, which currently does not have one. I'm thinking maybe it's not as effective to kill viruses as we think it would be. If anyone can share your thoughts about it, or if

Re: [Histonet] LIS Systems

2020-05-14 Thread Terri Braud via Histonet
I've had great personal experiences with Sunquest CoPath Plus. It is very flexible for customization and at 3 differing institutions, has been extremely reliable. This does, however, come at a rather expensive cost. I think that in choosing a system, one needs to take into account

Re: [Histonet] Spectra Staining Kits

2020-05-14 Thread Greg Dobbin via Histonet
Hi Wanda, If you have just purchased the Spectra stainer recently (ie still under the first year warranty), demand that Leica send their Application Specialist back on site. if they promised 2000 slides with no drop in quality over that period (I believe it is 2000 slides or 7 days, whichever come