Few questions related to container and their sizes:
What are the typical types of container used and their sizes?
What is the largest size of a container by dimension?
Can it happen that a “rack” or “shelf” is used to directly used to store a specimen? Or can we assume that a container can either hold a specimen OR another container, but never both?
Thanks,
~Sri
We use 2 types of various sizes; 2 inch 10x10 grid, 2 inch 9x9, 3 inch 9x9, 4 inch 6x6. The inches mark the height of the box.
a. Polycarbonate with lid; holds 100 ct; 5.25 x 5.25 x 2 in. (L x W x H)
b. Standard white 2" cardboard box with 81 cell divider and drain holes, 5 1/4" L × 5 1/4" W × 2" H
c. Standard white 3" cardboard box with 81 cell divider and drain holes, 22L x 10-1/16H x 5-1/5"D
d. Standard white 4" cardboard box for 15ml (4inch 6x6); 18-1/4×10-3/16×5-7/8 inch
e. Standard white 2" cardboard box with 2x9 grid for OCT (fresh frozen tissue) samples; 5 1/4" L × 5 1/4" W × 2" H
Largest container is a -80 freezer or 4 degree refrigerator. I can get the dimensions of this if you need them. Largest box storing samples would be an H&E tray which can store up to 400 slides.
We usually always bank in boxes within either a rack or a shelf. Our freezers and refrigerators have all types; main container including shelves, racks, and boxes. Our H&E slide container has the main container, racks, and boxes (no shelves). It’s nice to keep the container build flexible so you can configure the storage containers to mimic physically how the actual containers will be set up and how the specimens will be stored.
***Forgot to include our slide (plastic), block (cardboard), and H&E containers (metal). The slide boxes are roughly 8"x6.5"x0.5"H, block boxes are roughly 15"x10"x2.5"H, and H&E racks (each rack contains 14 H&E trays with approx. 400 H&E slides per tray) are 19"x19"x5"H
Thanks!
Rachel