Martinson Nicholls, Inc will be exhibiting at the NSH carpet or floor matting 
that has been designed just for this problem in Histology Labs. Their number is 
if you're not going to NSH 440-951-1312

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, DayDawning@aol.com wrote:
>In my former Clinical life, I used the same analogy--it's funny to see 
>someone else thinking the same way (sorry for you!) Mine was "If you're 
>cutting wood, you're going to have sawdust".  
>This was not amusing to the pregnant pathologist that fell. 
>We used tacky tracks, tile with grit, stripping the wax off the floor and 
>rugs.  We also used stainless steel scrub pads  on a stick to get the 
>paraffin out of the grit in the new tile floor that was supposed to work so 
>well.  The key is to clean it up when it falls as best you can.  Maybe your 
>engineers should take a look at our Section Transfer System that allows the 
>ribbons to flow down a ramp directly into the water bath.  No ribbons to fly 
>away! and no cutting in a box!
>Dawn M. Truscott, HT(ASCP)
>Zeiss/Microm
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>In a message dated 10/07/1999 12:15:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>slw_histo@yahoo.com writes:
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><<  Engineers
> wanted to figure a way to catch flying ribbons by
> building a box to cut in. I told them "you would not
> go to a sawmill and tell them not to get sawdust on
> the floor!" It is the nature of the work and  having
> good ventilation mean the air flows pretty good in our
> dept. S. Walzer St.Pete. Gen. Hosp. >>
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