Brett,

Before you do ANYTHING, be sure you fill out the Incident?Accident forms
properly.

Don


                                              
                                             
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Connolly, Brett wrote:

> 	I'm sorry I missed the stupid question post. I must have deleted it
> based on the subject line.
> 
> 	My question:  
> 	If I accidently lop off my hand with an old, rusty steel microtome
> blade and then jam a #2 pencil into the severed artery to stop the bleeding,
> should I be more concerned about possible lead poisoning or a Clostridium
> tetani infection?
> 
> Brett
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