RE: PARAFFIN BLOCKS DISPOSAL
From: | "Tom T. McNemar" <TMcNemar@lmhealth.org> |
Our blocks (and slides for that matter) are treated as biohazard.
Tom Mc Nemar, HT(ASCP)
Pathology Supervisor
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark, Ohio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramon Ombao [SMTP:mjrjcmrt@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:47 PM
> To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: PARAFFIN BLOCKS DISPOSAL
>
> Histonetters,
>
> What is your institutions practice regarding disposal of Pathology
> Blocks
> (Both surgical & Autopsy). Is it treated as a Biohazard waste and dealt
> with
> by disposal companies. Does it get incinerated? or Landfill as garbage?
> Is risk management involved at all?
>
> I would appreciate comments especially from the Canadian institutions.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Ramon
> toronto
>
>
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