Forget the floor damage.
You don't use xylene because it's a suspected carcinogen and it isomerizes
to free benzene, a known carcinogen, when it evaporates.
Xylene vapors are heavier than air and stay in your reserve lung volume and
do The Bad Thing.
NEVER use xylene for cleaning surfaces. Not
Hi All my Histo Peeps in the Derm Arena:
Do any of you who have Validated the BAT-1 Ab on a Leica want to share your
Validation Protocol? I sure would appreciate it. Email me and we can talk. 
Best,
Akemi Allison-Tacha BS, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Lab Manager at Golden State Dermatology
Address: 370
We just request that our building maintenance does a quarterly deep floor
cleaning in our lab. In the past I know they used a citrus type cleaner.
Besides that , they just conduct their regular nightly cleaning.
-Original Message-
From: Naira Margaryan via Histonet
Sent: Monday, July
Paraffin buildup on floors. Histology's worst. Problem solution:
1. Everyday, sweep and scrape personal work areas - microtomes and embedding
2. Put paraffin catching mats at key traffic areas - Change every 2 weeks
3. Have Environmental Services/Housekeeping strip and re-wax the worst traffic
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Fill an industrial mop bucket with xylene and go to town! JK ;)
Scrape it, but try doubling up your sticky mat placement. Not just
doorways, but around your embedding center, a perimeter around your
microtomy area, etc. Sticky mats are cheap, tech time is expensive. Make
sure your histotechs ar
