<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Tonya <div>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 </div><div>However, </div><div>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.<br><br><div dir="ltr">With all good wishes, Simon Moore. <div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 20 Jul 2023, at 07:35, Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) <Tonya.Haff@csiro.au> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr. Tonya M. Haff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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