RE: Stains disposal

From:"MacDonald, Jennifer" <jmacdonald@sach.org>

We pour our stains into a five gallon container.  All of our hazardous waste
is combined in 55 gallon drums and hauled away by an outside company.  This
excludes Boun's or stains that contain picric acid.

Jennifer

> ----------
> From: 	Carson, Karla[SMTP:KCarson@chw.edu]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:21 PM
> To: 	'Histonet'
> Subject: 	Stains disposal
> 
> OK, Just got out of one more meeting with our new Safety Officer.  They
> are
> suggesting that we retrieve ALL stains and have them hauled off.  Their
> rule
> of thumb is that if it stains the sink, it can't go down the drain.  Is
> anyone else capturing everything?  Do you have anything written that you
> could send me?  If you have an attachment you could send, guess you have
> to
> do that directly.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Karla Carson HT/HTL (ASCP)
> Regional Pathology Supervisor
> Mercy Health Care Sacramento
> 916-453-4494
> e-mail kcarson@chw.edu <mailto:kcarson@chw.edu> 
> 
> 



<< Previous Message | Next Message >>