We cleaned bottles everyday for years and never had a problem ... having said that ... it not a good idea in the end because of the time and the exposure to the formalin. Gary
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Schneider Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Histonet] Reusing specimen containers I have no idea what CAP or JCAHO says about this but it's a very bad idea. Cross contamination happens. If you reuse containers -- and I don't care what precautions you take -- you will rarely or occasionally fail to adequately clean a container and you will end up mixing patient tissues. The cost of a specimen container is a minute fraction of the cost of processing a specimen. Ask yourself how much money you're really saving. You're scrapping for pennies. Or is this some sort of "green" initiative? In any case, it's asking for problems Daniel Schneider On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Kelly Colpitts <[email protected] > wrote: > > Hi Histoland! > > > > I'm just wondering what folks out there are doing about specimen > containers. Is anyone cleaning them out and reusing them? Is there any CAP > or Joint Commission regulations that say that all specimen containers can > only be used once or can you reuse them as long as they have been thoroughly > cleaned? > > > > Thanks for you all your input, > > Kelly > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live(tm) SkyDrive(tm): Get 25 GB of free online storage. > > http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_042009 _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
