many little nicks but had one biggie in '86 - C-profile in a sliding 'tome - felt the knock and just knew i had done serious damage dashed to the sink with the other hand clutching the injured finger tightly - reluctant to open and look - funny that it did not hurt when it happened - just a hard knock with a sting - hurt like mad afterwards had 9 stitches and still have the scar to prove it
i alway say that a serious cut is probably the only thing that forces a healthy respect for the blade very annoying to work in AP with a bandaged finger!!! Annie 2008/10/28 Horn, Hazel V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've had stitches twice. Once 34 years ago, I rolled my thumb between > the block and the blade. (from rolling my thumb over the block to warm > it a bit as I was turning the wheel of the microtome.....didn't do that > anymore!!) And once 21 years ago when I was 9 months pregnant I > slashed my little finger on the end of the blade... > > Hazel Horn > Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP) > Supervisor of Histology > Arkansas Children's Hospital > 800 Marshall Slot 820 > Little Rock, AR 72202 > > phone 501.364.4240 > fax 501.364.3155 > > visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor > Tobias > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:50 PM > To: Jackie M O'Connor > Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy > > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 206-598-2792 > 206-598-7659 Fax > ================================================= > Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be > contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use > of the intended recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, or > if the message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, > disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this > transmission. Instead, please notify the sender by reply e-mail, and > then destroy all copies of the message and any attachments. > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > Peter Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/27/2008 03:17 PM > > > > To > > > > cc > > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > Subject > > Re: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am looking some think (like gloves)to protect the fingers during > > microtomy > > > > No offense, but if you're that prone to injury, I recommend steering > > clear of microtomes in general ;) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Histonet mailing list > > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Histonet mailing list > > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** > The information contained in this message may be privileged and > confidential > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your > computer. > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Anne van Binsbergen (Hope) Abu Dhabi UAE _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet