[Nhcoll-l] treatment for histological slides

[Simon Moore]

Hi Tonya 
I have made and renovated 100s of histology slides and know the types of boxes you mean. That said I haven’t discovered any pests or pest traces in any of them 
However, 
Heat would definitely affect them and cold as well so anoxia would seem the best solution. There should be anoxia kits available like ZerO2 using heat sealed poly bags and oxygen scavengers.

With all good wishes, Simon Moore. 
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> On 20 Jul 2023, at 07:35, Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au> wrote:
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> 
> Hello all,
>  
> I am wondering if any of you have knowledge about how to treat histological/microscope slides for pests. I do realise that they are low risk and not actually at risk themselves (except to labels), but I expect that the boxes they are in could potentially harbour things like silverfish, the odd sheltering dermestid, etc. We have thousands of slides in old boxes, as well as on new microscope cabinet trays, that need to be decontaminated before moving in to a new purpose-built building. My understanding is that there is risk associated with either low or high temperature treatment, which might have negative effects on either the glass itself or the slide cover adhesives. Anoxia could be a solution, but I am not sure it is practical at this scale? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Tonya
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