I've had stitches twice. Once 34 years ago, I rolled my thumb between
the block and the blade. (from rolling my thumb over the block to warm
it a bit as I was turning the wheel of the microtome.....didn't do that
anymore!!) And once 21 years ago when I was 9 months pregnant I
slashed my little finger on the end of the blade...
Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall Slot 820
Little Rock, AR 72202
phone 501.364.4240
fax 501.364.3155
visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org
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From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Victor
Tobias
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:50 PM
To: Jackie M O'Connor
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu;
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Protect fingers during Microtomy
Yes, nicked the corner of a steel blade reaching for slide. This was
back in 78 or 79. It was a Saturday, working by myself and I had to wait
for 3 hours in the ER. No preferential treatment for employees in a
county hospital.
Victor
Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
victor@pathology.washington.edu
206-598-2792
206-598-7659 Fax
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Jackie M O'Connor wrote:
> OK - time to poll - who has had sutures from microtomy? Me! 23
years
> ago - 8 months pregnant, and not paying attention to what I was doing.
Oh
> yeah, and one other time, I cut off the tip of my finger beta testing
a
> microtome safety invention from EHS.
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> > I am looking some think (like gloves)to protect the fingers during
> microtomy
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> No offense, but if you're that prone to injury, I recommend steering
> clear of microtomes in general ;)
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