RE: Old glass slides

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From:"MacDonald, Jennifer" <jmacdonald@sach.org>
To:HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu, "'Mike Kirby'" <mikek@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za>
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Date:Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:36:19 -0700
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When we disposed of our fifty year old slides we used a recycle company that
does other glass recycling for the hospital.

jennifer
San Antonio Community Hospital
Upland, CA
jmacdonald@sach.org

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> From: 	Mike Kirby[SMTP:mikek@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:15 AM
> To: 	HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Old glass slides
> 
> 
> Fellow Histonetters.
> 
> What's the best way for disposing of thousands of old Histopathology
> slides
> (15 - 20 years old) Should we send them to a glass recycling Company, or
> should we treat them as biohazard waste?
> Any safe, practical and money saving suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Mike Kirby.
> S.A.I.M.R
> Johannesburg
> South Africa.
> 
> 
> 



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