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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:12:56 -0500
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Another factor in the student's decision to go home to treat herself could
be health insurance. I don't know what insurance grad students get/have
from the colleges they are attending, but other countries have other
systems for their emergency care. Some expect the patient to pay for
treatment upfront.
Hypothetically, someone familiar with that type of system could make a
decision to avoid hospital treatment for something they felt was minor.
Good luck in your investigation, Gail.
Beth
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Gail asked me to pass this along to the list as background for some of the
discussion occurring here. I would also note that there is a lot of
speculation about the event in the media and blog-world; a summary can be
found at
http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2011/06/boston-college-student-injured-in-lab-explosion/
- Ralph
From: Gail Hall
Date: Jun 27 2011
The Chemistry Department and EHS at Boston College train every graduate
student initially and annually to call Campus Safety in the event of an
emergency. There are signs at every phone. There is even a question on the
quiz that they have to take to get their keys.
At the moment we are still collecting information and don't have a cause
for the explosion or a reason that the student acted as she did. We seem
to have had our share of learning opportunities in the past 18 months, and
I will share our hypotheses and/or conclusions on this one when we have
been able to fully research the matter. I hate to think I have enough
material for an article in JCHAS, but it's beginning to look that way.
In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas about sources of pictograms to
help communicate certain things to students for whom English is the second
language, we'd appreciate the information.
Gail
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Boston College
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Another factor in the student's decision
to go home to treat herself could be health insurance. I don't know what
insurance grad students get/have from the colleges they are attending,
but other countries have other systems for their emergency care. Some expect
the patient to pay for treatment upfront.
Hypothetically, someone familiar with
that type of system could make a decision to avoid hospital treatment for
something they felt was minor.
Good luck in your investigation, Gail.
Beth
Beth Shepard /
Technical Compliance Specialist
Regulatory Compliance
6000 N. Teutonia Ave. /
Milwaukee, WI 53209 /
USA
P: (414) 438-3850, x5471
sigma-aldrich.com
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Gail asked me to pass this along to the list as background
for some of the discussion occurring here. I would also note that there
is a lot of speculation about the event in the media and blog-world; a
summary can be found at
http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2011/06/boston-college-student-injured-in-lab-explosion/
- Ralph
From: Gail Hall <gail.hall**At_Symbol_Here**bc.edu>
Date: Jun 27 2011
The Chemistry Department and EHS at Boston College train every graduate
student initially and annually to call Campus Safety in the event of an
emergency. There are signs at every phone. There is even a question on
the quiz that they have to take to get their keys.
At the moment we are still collecting information and don't have a cause
for the explosion or a reason that the student acted as she did. We
seem to have had our share of learning opportunities in the past 18 months,
and I will share our hypotheses and/or conclusions on this one when we
have been able to fully research the matter. I hate to think I have
enough material for an article in JCHAS, but it's beginning to look that
way.
In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas about sources of pictograms to
help communicate certain things to students for whom English is the second
language, we'd appreciate the information.
Gail
Gail Hall
Director, EH&S
Boston College
gail.hall**At_Symbol_Here**bc.edu
617-552-0300
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