Re: dress code
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From: | Connie McManus <conmac@cc.usu.edu> |
To: | Becky Scholes <raws43@hotmail.com>, histonet@pathology.swmed.edu |
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At 10:00 AM 05/27/2000 -0500, Becky Scholes wrote:
>Connie M. just wrote about the gremlins in full force when she spilled 2
>gallons of a very caustic chemical on her jeans, shoes and floor. This is a
>example when all of your PPE wouldn't have helped at all. Covered legs
>(nylons would have been a joke), socks and leather shoes that cover the
>entire foot saved her from painful chemical exposure. It doesn't matter if
>you wear scrubs or jeans - it is up to professional environment you are
>working in.
Actually, the jeans I was wearing look pretty funky now. They saved my
legs... nothing got on my skin at all. so, as to wearing jeans, who cares
if the jeans have a few dyes or acid spotches on them?? they're just jeans
and, frankly, I think it enhances their charm!
connie mcmanus
disclaimer... do not try this at home. do not do this intentionally! *g*
Period. The most important thing is to cover yourself if you
>are going to be doing anything that possibly could harm you. And I don't
>mean "that little cell of uterus" that could invisibly land on you. It is
>interesting that some female pathologists come in to do gross in opened toe
>shoes or barefoot sandels. It is definitely a "do as I say, not as I do"
>situation. But in this case, I cringe. I can just see a big juicy chunk of
>tissue or a scalpel blade land right on that bare skin or thin nylon
>covering.
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>Bec the Tec
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Connie McManus
Veterinary Diagnostics Lab
Utah State University
Logan, UT
USA
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