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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:17:53 -0500
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From: Stephen Stepenuck <sstepenuck**At_Symbol_Here**NE.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: FW: Slide presentation
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The C RC Handbook of Laboratory Safety used to have some [color] pictures of chemi cal splashes to the face.  When I found a student not wearing safety go ggles or glasses, I would take the person to that book and open it to those [pre-marked] pages without saying a word.  I rarely if ever had such a person forget to wear that PPE again.
  I always figured those pictures were not only worth the proverb ial 1000 words, but worth the price of the book.

Steve
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Stephen J. Stepenuck, Ph.D.
Professor of chemistry emeritus
Keene State College
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You wrote:

I know you guys lo ve this kind of stuff!  So send me your favorite gory images.  I h ave a collection of my own I’m going to send to her but it’s goo d to be a hunter gatherer.  If I get a good selection, I’ll put i t into a powerpoint (or similar) and post it on our website.
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From: Diane
Dear Debbie

I am the instructor for BIT161A – Genetics and Biotechnology Lab.  This is a 6 unit molecular biology lab that is held in the Winter Quarter and the labs are on average 6 hours long.

Recently we increased class enrollment from 14 to 24 and because of this, i t is harder to monitor the students to ensure that they use safe practices. I have changed the lab so that we use few harmful chemicals. Now, the bigges t hazards are ethidium bromide which we use often, open flames for steriliza tion, and melting agarose gels in the microwave. We go through lab safety fo r 30-45 min on first day of class and for the first few weeks the students a re diligent. However after that things get a little sloppy and I constantly have to remind people to be careful, to think and to be watchful etc.

I was wondering  if you had a few slides I could  use to show the consequences of not being attentive in the lab. Accidents caused by seeming ly silly mistakes. Wonderfully gory images will be especially effective I th ink.

Please let me know your thoughts.
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Many thanks!

Debbie M. Decker, Campus Chemical Saf ety Officer
Environmental Health and Safety
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA  95616
(530)754-7964/(530)752-4527 (FAX)
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