RE: CJD Decontamination

From:Hofecker Jennifer <Jennifer_Hofecker@URMC.Rochester.edu>

Victoria,
The aqueous solutions should be disposed of as biohazard waste per your
facility protocols.

> ----------
> From: 	victoria.spoon
> Sent: 	Friday, March 2, 2001 3:13 PM
> To: 	Hofecker Jennifer
> Subject: 	Re: CJD Decontamination
> 
> After the aqueous solutions are decontaminated, are they poured down the
> drain
> or disposed of as biohazard waste?  Thanks.
> 
> Hofecker Jennifer wrote:
> 
> > Hi Laurie,
> > You can pour your formic acid solution in with the other aqueous
> solutions
> > that you will decontaminate with NaOH and do them all at the same time.
> >
> > I recommend using just plain old Neutral Buffered Formalin for fixation.
> >
> > Let me know if you need more information
> > Jennifer
> >
> > Jennifer Hofecker, HT (ASCP)
> > University of Rochester
> > Pathology
> > (716)273-4129
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Laurie Colbert
> > > Sent:         Thursday, March 1, 2001 6:54 PM
> > > To:   Histonet
> > > Subject:      CJD Decontamination
> > >
> > > I have another CJD-related question.  I need to decontaminate the
> > > solutions and I will be using a 5N solution of NaOH.  But what do I do
> > > with the formic acid?  Is it considered to be already decontaminated?
> > >
> > > Also, is anyone using phenol-saturated formalin to fix the tissue
> > > initially or are you using just plain formalin?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> 



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