Hi Carol,
I did a poster presentation on this topic at the NSH Symposium in Long
Beach, 2016.
I would be happy to send you a copy of my poster. I also wrote a blog
article about my research for the poster found here:
https://www.fixationonhistology.com/home/my-pregnancy-in-the-lab-researching-safet
, Comfort, and Heal
2. Pregnancy guide for working in histology (Carol Torrence)
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:43:47 +
From: Carol Torrence
To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
Subject: [Histonet] Pregnancy guide for working in histology
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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
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 gro
