RE: Dipping blocks

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From:"Kopczynski, Charlotte" <Charlotte.Kopczynski@baycare.org> (by way of Marvin Hanna)
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we are going by CAP requirements...right now  they require 5 years for
blocks but will probably be changing that to 7 years.  we keep our slides
for 20 years.  florida state only requires 3 years of blocks and 10 years of
slides.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Amos Brooks [SMTP:atbrooks@snet.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:28 PM
> To:	Kopczynski, Charlotte; histonet
> Subject:	Re: Dipping blocks
>
> Hi,
>     Are you sure you are keeping your blocks long enough. I know some
> states
> expect you to keep all slides and blocks for 20 years! I believe we are
> keeping
> ours for 50! You may want to look into this further, let me know if its
> not
> I'll move there. :-)
> Amos Brooks
>
> "Kopczynski, Charlotte" wrote:
>
> > we used to do this but then we were keeping the blocks longer.  it was
> time
> > consuming and then we ran out of space for storage.  we now only keep 7
> > years of blocks and we no longer dip them.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: TODD LUA [SMTP:tlua@sierrabiomedical.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 6:26 PM
> > > To:   'Histonet'
> > > Subject:      Dipping blocks
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to find out who out there is dipping the face of there
> > > paraffin blocks before storage.  If anyone has some pro's and con's
> about
> > > this practice and if it is really necessary to preserve the block in
> any
> > > way.  Thank you in advance for your comments.
> > >
> > >
> > > Todd
> > >
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