[Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

2010-07-21 Thread Tench, Bill
I would suggest that if you are a CAP certified lab that you read the appropriate section in the current LAP standards list. The note associated with the standard is pretty specifiic. I believe that if you use the cryostat daily, you need to decontaminate once a week, but i don't have the

RE: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

2010-07-21 Thread Jesus Ellin
-Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Tench, Bill Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:36 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat I would suggest that if you

Re: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

2010-07-21 Thread annigyg
Ellin jel...@yumaregional.org Sender: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:01:19 To: Tench, Billbill.te...@pph.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat Bill and company This is a very difficult, there are times were

RE: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

2010-07-21 Thread Jesus Ellin
: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:24 AM To: Jesus Ellin; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Tench, Bill; Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat If I may ask, what do you contaminate with when doing a full meltdown defrost clean up after a suspect TB or hep B pos case

Re: [Histonet] decontamination of cryostat

2010-07-21 Thread Anthony Reilly
Hi Annie If you look up this article or many others like it on the net the simplest and most effective disinfectants are 70% alcohol or one of the aldehydes for most organisms remembering that you are only disinfecting a hard surface with no visible volume of liquid containing organisms. We