FW: [Histonet] Food and drink?

[Bonner, Janet]

And this was not an arbitrary rule.....several techs at a University in the USA contracted Hepatitis from drinking their coffee which became contaminated by particulate aerosol from the specimen being worked on... and three of them died.  -True story.  And the beginning of  of this regulation.
 
> >>> "Rene J Buesa" <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com> 2/15/2008 5:18 AM >>>
>
>  For your information: smoking, drinking and eating, applying cosmetics,
or even using contact lens are ABSOLUTELY prohibited in a medical histology
laboratory setting.
>  Should I imply by your question that you do not work in a medical lab.
setting? Some universities and animal labs have been able to get away with
ignoring those regulations up to now, but not any medical lab. that even
have to have designated lounge areas.
>  René J.
>
>
> WWmn916 <@t> aol.com wrote:
>  Dare I ask this question,
> Does anyone use closed topped and safety mugs at their microtome station
when
> cutting slides...etc.? Would cutting paraffin blocks constitute Blood
Borne
> Pathogen concerns? I fully understand not eating while paraffin is flying
all
> over the place......but closed containers with coffee for those of us who
> work sleep deprived hours? Someone save us!
>
> Anonymous
>
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