On 11 Jan 2002 at 9:59, Roccm@mf.mri.sari.ac.uk wrote: > A colleague is asking if anybody is aware of potential risk of Flow > cytometric work (including sample preparation) specific for pregnant women. > I remember when I was pregnant I had back problems when I sat too long in > front of the machine, but that was easily solved taking a walk. I went through a safety assessment of my work for the same reason last year. I was told not to handle many of the fluorescent dyes routinely used in flow cytometry. The hazardous chemicals are labelled R40 / R45 / R46 and R47 in some catalogues (e.g. Sigma) however many suppliers just state "no toxicity data" or "not tested". The assessment took weeks to do because of the lack of information and the fact that noone had asked our safety officer to do one before so they had to do some research on what was required before they could do the assessment. I'd be interested to hear of any other responses you get to your question - if only to find out what I shouldn't have done! Best wishes to your colleague, Hazel --- Hazel Davey HLR@aber.ac.uk http://pcfcij.dbs.aber.ac.uk/ Sefydliad y Gwyddorau Biolegol, Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth Inst. Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth http://www.nspcc.org.uk/donate-4-free/donate-mainhome.asp
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