Sara,

    Yes, we are required by our safety committee to wear lab coats in ALL
laboratory areas. Not so much from the infectious angle, but from the
presence of chemicals and chemical residue. However, we do wear blue jeans
if we wish. I would not like to wear better clothes, because even wearing
lab coats and plastic aprons, stains still find their way onto clothing
occasionally.


Rae Ann Staskiewicz
Galesburg Animal Disease Lab
Galesburg, IL