Hey- Are all you young "in training" histotechs out there listening and learning???:-) yes, and we walked up hill in the snow to work!! (both ways- and sharpened our knives by HAND -eeeewww- how quaint!) Judy in Washington
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Weems, Joyce wrote:
I've heard that tale, but didn't know who did it! I had a coworked who cut the pad off his thumb. We went to the ER, where I learned he had put it in the trash. I went back and dug through the paraffin scraps and got it - washed it in saline and Betadine.. The ER dr glued it back on and he has a thumbprint again! When I caught myself on fire, cleaning with solvants too close to the hot plate (the fumes ignited), he was the same guy who yelled, "Get the marshmallows - the supervisor's on fire!". I still get a good laugh about that! J:>) And it's only Tues!! Trick or treat!!! Joyce Weems Pathology Manager Saint Joseph's Hospital 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Please note new phone and fax numbers 678-843-7376 - Phone 678-843-7831 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Telgenhoff, Dr. Dale Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:18 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy 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. 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