[Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy

[Victor Tobias]

Yes, nicked the corner of a steel blade reaching for slide. This was 
back in 78 or 79. It was a Saturday, working by myself and I had to wait 
for 3 hours in the ER. No preferential treatment for employees in a 
county hospital.

Victor

Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
victor <@t> pathology.washington.edu
206-598-2792
206-598-7659 Fax
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Jackie M O'Connor wrote:
> OK - time to poll - who has had sutures from microtomy?  Me!    23 years 
> ago - 8 months pregnant, and not paying attention to what I was doing.  Oh 
> yeah, and one other time, I cut off the tip of my finger beta testing a 
> microtome safety invention from EHS.
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> Peter Carroll <carrolpb <@t> umdnj.edu> 
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>  > I am looking some think (like gloves)to protect the fingers during 
> microtomy
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> No offense, but if you're that prone to injury, I recommend steering 
> clear of microtomes in general ;)
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