Fluorescent material for student lab

From: Margaret Cooley (m.cooley@unsw.EDU.AU)
Date: Mon Feb 01 1999 - 22:05:48 EST


Hello all

This isn't really a cytometry question, but I thought you all would be a
good place to ask.

I have designed a student lab to illustrate the necessity for precautions
while handling hazardous material.  I am after a (harmless) liquid reagent,
which looks unremarkable under room light, but will fluoresce under UV
light.  The idea is that the students perform various manipulations, and at
the end, we shine UV light around to show them how much spillage they've
had, and how their books, faces etc are likely to be contaminated.  I got
the idea from a radiactive safety video, but am having trouble finding a
suitable liquid.  Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Margaret A. Cooley, PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW  2052   Australia
Phone:61-2-9385-3761
Fax:  61-2-9385-1591



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