Safety of employees handling paraffin embedded tissue.
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I have recently heard of a previous employee of a pathology laboratory suing
for being exposed to and contracting Hepatitis C from handling the paraffin
blocks. I have never seen anybody wearing gloves during the embedding and
microtomy of properly fixed tissue sections. Has anybody else heard of any
similar circumstances and if so, should we all wear gloves during embedding
and sectioning. I know if I tried to cut tissue sections with gloves on, I
may not be exposed to Hepatitis C, but I would probably be looking for finger
prosthesis.
greg.good@tenethealth.com
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I have recently heard of a previous employee of a pathology laboratory suing
<BR>for being exposed to and contracting Hepatitis C from handling the paraffin
<BR>blocks. I have never seen anybody wearing gloves during the embedding and
<BR>microtomy of properly fixed tissue sections. Has anybody else heard of any
<BR>similar circumstances and if so, should we all wear gloves during embedding
<BR>and sectioning. I know if I tried to cut tissue sections with gloves on, I
<BR>may not be exposed to Hepatitis C, but I would probably be looking for finger
<BR>prosthesis.
<BR>
<BR>greg.good@tenethealth.com</FONT></HTML>
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