Not me, but the guy who trained me. Remember the old knife sharpeners that looked like record players? He was removing the blade (they got pretty oily) and it slipped. His natural reaction was to grab for it, slicing three fingers to the bone. Made for a good cautionary tale... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dale Telgenhoff, PhD Assistant Professor Tarleton State University Clinical Laboratory Science 1501 Enderly Place Fort Worth, TX 76104 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-926-1101 Ext. 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Connolly, Brett M Sent: Tue 10/28/2008 8:10 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy Me - 1982 - working in a S. Florida hospital I sliced open the base of my thumb on the corner of a big steel blade as I was sectioning. Didn't even notice it until I saw the blood dripping off my elbow. I went to the ER and was sitting on a gurney with my hand submerged in a bowl of betadine waiting to be stitched up. After what seemed like a pretty long time, I deftly fell off the gurney onto the floor tipping the entire bowl all over onto myself. Upon hearing the clamor of me hitting the floor and the metal bowl banging around a rush of ER staff charged in and I got prompt service thereafter. I still have the scar, but I never cut myself again :-) Brett Brett M. Connolly, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Imaging Research Merck & Co., Inc. PO Box 4, WP-44K West Point, PA 19486 PH 215-652-2501 fax. 215-993-6803 e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackie M O'Connor Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:44 PM To: Peter Carroll Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy 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 Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu - direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. _______________________________________________ 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