Re: [Histonet] Pregnancy guide for working in histology
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-safety-considerations The Block also has the abstract, podcast interview, and a Safety Snippet of my poster. Please contact me directly if you have any other questions or I can help in any way. Katelin On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 10:01 AM 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) > > ___ > 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
Re: [Histonet] Pregnancy guide
Remember that contamination can also be by skin absorption. With that in mind, we provide thick Nitrile gloves with instruction to change them at least every 30 minutes, or less if they show any signs of deterioration. We have great ventilation and beyond that, when we wear our fume badges, we perform the worst exposure tasks, so when calculated, the exposure shows what it would be like if we did that task for 8 hours a day - and we STILL are way under the limit. The result: No restrictions of duties - 5 babies born to employees here without a single problem in 12 years. However, with that said, I would never ask a pregnant technician to hand coverslip more than the occasional slide. Just my 2cents - T Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Laboratory Holy Redeemer Hospital 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 ph: 215-938-3689 fax: 215-938-3874 Care, Comfort, and Heal 2. Pregnancy guide for working in histology (Carol Torrence) Message: 2 Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:43:47 + From: Carol Torrence To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Subject: [Histonet] Pregnancy guide for working in histology Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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) ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] Pregnancy guide for working in histology
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 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) ___ 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
