Both formalin and xylene (and any other dangerous fumes) have to be avoided
during pregnancy BUT if you have an efficient fumes hood to do grossing, then
you should monitor exposure. Somebody NOT pregnant should gross with a personal
formalin badge and, depending on the exposure result, then you may allow the
pregnant employee to do grossing or not.René
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 1:08 PM, Carol Torrence via Histonet
<histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
Good morning!
Could some of you chime in on guidelines you go by for those employee that are
expecting a baby. I have removed employee from xylene exposure during staining
and cover slipping but am on the fence about grossing. At this time the
employee has been removed from grossing. All grossing is done under an exhaust
hood. Our exposure badges have always read well below limits. Thanks in
advance!
Carol M. Torrence, HT(ASCP)
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