YES!! Wear gloves!! Sarah Goebel, BA, HT(ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of IRENA SREBOTNIK KIRBIS Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:34 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] fixed cytology slides Greetings to all, so far we handled wet-fixed cytology slides as health risk free without gloves, however there is no data regarding this on the net (or at least I wasn't able to find it). I would appreciate response on safety policy in other cytology labs regarding fixed cytology slides and/or any reference on the subject. many thanks Irena Kirbis Institute of Pathology Ljubljana, Slovenia _______________________________________________ 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