[Histonet] RE: Angle of Wrist/Hands Using Microtome?

[WILLIAM DESALVO]

OSHA states "maintain neutral wrist and arm when working; work with their wrists in a neutral or straight"

William DeSalvo
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> On Dec 8, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Blazek, Linda <lblazek <@t> digestivespecialists.com> wrote:
> 
> My two cents...  # 2  Keep your wrist straight.
> (you may get rich if you get enough 2 cents!)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Chlipala
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 4:33 PM
> To: Smith, Denise; 'histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
> Subject: [Histonet] RE: Angle of Wrist/Hands Using Microtome?
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> I think you want to keep your wrist straight so it would be 2.   Just my two cents
> 
> Liz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Smith, Denise
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 1:53 PM
> To: 'histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
> Subject: [Histonet] Angle of Wrist/Hands Using Microtome?
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> When I took HTL exam and there was a question on the exam that bothered me the most but I cannot find an exact answer for it, had to guess!  I'm very curious about your thoughts on this.  I have asked Histology Core and they weren't sure about it either - wanted to share it with you guys if you know the official answer for this!
> 
> The question was mainly about the angle of wrist/hands on the rotating microtome and the degree must be correct so it won't cause any stress on wrist/hands, it listed 4 different choices:
> 
> 
> 1.       30 degrees wrist down forward
> 
> 2.       90 degrees straight without bending the wrist
> 
> 3.       60 degrees wrist up backward
> 
> 4.       60 or 90 degrees wrist down forward
> 
> 
> (Please be gentle with me since I don't remember the EXACT numbers but those were close to numbers provided.)
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Denise Smith
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