Good Afternoon All,
Asking for a colleague,. How are sites disposing of old formalin fixed paraffin
embedded surgical blocks? Garbage? Red bag?
Thank you :)
Melissa Kuhnla
Lead Medical Technologist
for IHC and FISH testing
Regional Laboratory Services
Good Samaritan Hospital
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: "Arbaugh, Roberta"
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That's a good question. I'd like to know the answer
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The regulation says two
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That's a good question. I'd like to know the answer myself to that. :)
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> On Jun
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Hey Aimee,
This has been discuss
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That's a good question. I'd like to know the answer myself to that. :)
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> On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:54 PM,
That's a good question. I'd like to know the answer myself to that. :)
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> On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Arbaugh, Roberta
> wrote:
>
> Per CLIA we only need to keep paraffin blocks two years. What is the proper
> way to dispose of them?
>
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Per CLIA we only need to keep paraffin blocks two years. What is the proper way
to dispose of them?
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As per NYS department of Health:
Questions have also arisen regarding the appropriate disposal of organs and
tissues which have been fixed for cytological and/or histological
examination. Since the fixatives are considered to be hazardous materials,
organs and tissues discarded with these chemicals
