John Kiernan asks:
>
> >>Bob, Why weren't they routinely buffering (or at least neutralizing) the
> formalin fixatives at Johns Hopkins as recently as 1970? - It had all been
> in the scholarly books (by Pearse, Lillie, etc) for >10 years, and was also
> in Lee Luna's 1968 Manual of Histologic
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From: Bob Richmond via Histonet
Sent: June 3, 2023 8:25 AM
To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Coffee at the desk
This 84 year old pathologist recalls the histopathology laboratory at Johns
Hopkins Hospital around 1970, when I was a pathology resid
This 84 year old pathologist recalls the histopathology laboratory at Johns
Hopkins Hospital around 1970, when I was a pathology resident there.
Histotechs, often laboratory clerks, sat in front of rows of 400 mL Stender
dishes, smoking cigarettes while they hand-stained slides, often carrying
Valerie ;
> Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Coffee at the desk
>
> [EXTERNAL MSG]
>
> It is not allowed. The area you want food/drink has to be completely
> separate- floor to ceiling walls and a door.
>
> Stacy McLaughlin, HT(ASCP) QLScm
> H
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Coffee at the desk
[EXTERNAL MSG]
It is not allowed. The area you want food/drink has to be completely separate-
floor to ceiling walls and a door.
Stacy McLaughlin, HT(ASCP) QLScm
Histology Supervisor
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
30 Locust Street
Northampton, MA
...@cooleydickinson.org
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From: Hannen, Valerie via Histonet
Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 3:40 PM
To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Coffee at the desk
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Is there any regulation/ reason why a Histology
OSHA: bloodborne pathogen standard.A clean area is an area that is closed off
from the working environment with walls and door. Tape is not a appropriate
alternative, maybe on WKRP in Cincinnati, but not in a lab.
On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 03:40:41 PM EDT, Hannen, Valerie via Histonet
Is there any regulation/ reason why a Histology supervisor whose desk is in the
department and the desk area is taped off and designated as a "clean area (
meaning no chemicals or specimens cross the taped off area) can't have a closed
coffee cup at their desk?? We are having a debate in our
