Using any detergent is fine that is just the one I happen to use:-)

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> From:	RSRICHMOND@aol.com [SMTP:RSRICHMOND@aol.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:45 AM
> To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	Re: GI biopsy blues
> 
> Donna Carlton suggests for facing GI tissue blocks:
> >>Try hibaclens half and half with water for 10 min.<<
> 
> Hibiclens hand wash combines a mild detergent ("nonionic surfactant") with
> 
> chlorhexidine (Hibitane), a "quat" disinfectant. I think using Hibiclens
> in 
> microtomy is safe and reasonable, but it's not an entirely rational use of
> 
> the product.
> 
> Chlorhexidine hand wash - the usual brand name is Hibiclens, but there are
> 
> others, since chlorhexidine has been around since 1946 - is the best 
> documented of germicidal hand washes that aren't too hard on your hands.
> For 
> reasons I don't understand, Good Management prohibits its use, and an 
> occasional hissy fit is necessary to keep the stuff on hand for when you 
> really feel (and look) dirty after doing an autopsy.
> 
> MSDS at
> http://www.caretechlabs.com/MSDS/HIBICLENS_MSDS.htm
> 
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Knoxville TN
> 
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