We dispose of them as glass trash.  They are put in large sharps containers.

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> From: 	Suder, Joanne[SMTP:joanne.suder@uphs.upenn.edu]
> Sent: 	Friday, December 01, 2000 8:53 AM
> To: 	Histonet (E-mail)
> Subject: 	glass slides
> 
> <<File: Suder, Joanne.vcf>>
> Histonetters,
> I need to know how everyone disposes of their old histology glass slides.
> Are they handled as infectious waste, confidential materials or just
> thrown
> into the glass trash. We have close to 30 years of old research and
> clinical
> cases in storage and no space for the current stuff. And no hopes for
> additinal space elsewhere.
> 
> Joanne C. Suder BA HT (ASCP)
> Practice Manager, Dermatopathology
> University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
> 3700 Market Street Suite 312
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
> 215-662-6759 (office)
> 215-374-4410 (pager)
> 215-349-5509 (fax)
> 
>  <<Suder, Joanne.vcf>> 
>