Hi Val -
I'm sorry that you feel that your concerns are not being addressed. I am the
safety officer for our entire lab as well as the chair on our hospital's
Environmental Safety and Hazardous Materials Committee. I do think that Tim
has a valid point that Xylene is detectable by smell long
It does sound like fun!
Betsy Molinari, HT (ASCP)
Sr. Histology Research Technician
CV Pathology Research
Texas Heart Institute
6770 Bertner Avenue, MC 1-283
Houston, TX 77030
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The problem with xylene is that the acceptable air level in the lab is 100ppm
but humans can detect it by smell at the 5 - 20ppm range. So it seems like it
is "everywhere" but it could still be at a very low level. What level is safe
for a pregnancy? CDC has some info on this:
No I did not. But I will keep that in mind if it happens again. Thanks!
Betsy Molinari, HT (ASCP)
Sr. Histology Research Technician
CV Pathology Research
Texas Heart Institute
6770 Bertner Avenue, MC 1-283
Houston, TX 77030
Office: 832-355-6524 | Fax: 832-355-6812
Email:
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Charles, thank you for your reply. That is an interesting idea. I think I may
have a bit of an experiment to run when I have some time.
Betsy Molinari, HT (ASCP)
Sr. Histology Research Technician
CV Pathology Research
Texas Heart Institute
6770 Bertner Avenue, MC 1-283
Houston, TX 77030
Thank you for the reply Amos. I totally agree but the researcher did not inform
me until after the deparaffinization was finished. She wanted to hold off on
the staining but it was too late and I went ahead with the staining. I was just
curious if there was, in fact a procedure to preserve a
