Joe:
  It is not external ventilation to the MW oven what CAP wants, is a vent connected from the microwave to an outlet and there is not a single household MW oven with that characteristec so, for all practical purposes the mensage keeps being: don't use them (the household appliance) for histology work, specially if tissue processing is the objective of the use.
  René J. 

Joe Nocito  wrote:
  I don't believe CAP is saying not to use them. They are saying use them
safely with ventilation and make sure they don't leak radiation.

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:35 AM
To: Parker, Helayne; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] CAP Guidelines for Microwaves

Helayne:
In short, the message from CAP is: "do not use them!"
Unfortunate though!
René J.

"Parker, Helayne" wrote:
I was wondering if anyone new what CAP require of us if we have a common
household microwave that we use for special stains.

Helayne Parker,HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head
Skaggs Community Health Center
Branson, Missouri

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