Our facility likes them in smaller boxes, taped shut and labeled as glass 
slides for disposal.  This way it's safe and not as heavy and bulky as the 
regular glass disposal boxes.
Cindi
HFH
Detroit Mi


---------- Original Message -----------
From: Gayle Callis 
To: "Clarke, Mary" , 
Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:30:38 -0600
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Disposal of glass slides

> If you can dispose of slides in trash, how about large broken glass 
> diposal box - safer for janitors and other personnel.
> 
> At 09:20 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
> >My safety officer has told us that we can dispose of glass slides in the
> >regular trash, because the tissue is fixed and considered no longer
> >hazardous.
> >
> >Terri Clarke
> 
> Gayle Callis
> MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
> Research Histopathology Supervisor
> Veterinary Molecular Biology
> Montana State University - Bozeman
> PO Box 173610
> Bozeman MT 59717-3610
> 406 994-6367 (lab with voice mail)
> 406 994-4303 (FAX)
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