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Re: [DCHAS-L] Butyl Lithium & syringe safety

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Author: George D. McCallion <medchem**At_Symbol_Here**COMCAST.NET>

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Date: Mar 7, 2013 12:04 UTC

Author: George D. McCallion <medchem**At_Symbol_Here**COMCAST.NET>

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From: George D. McCallion <medchem**At_Symbol_Here**COMCAST.NET>

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Butyl Lithium & syringe safety

Date: Mar 7, 2013 11:51 UTC

Reply-To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>

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Demystify:

The URL for the DCHAS-L archive is

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search away! A lot of information on this topic is there.

-george

From: "Kim Gates" <kim.gates**At_Symbol_Here**STONYBROOK.EDU>
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:52:50 AM
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Butyl Lithium & syringe safety

I have a question from our Chem dept about nButyl Lithium & syringes after I forwarded them the CEN blog on safer syringes. http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2013/02/engineering-safer-syringes/

The lab's SOP calls for not reusing their syringes & only filling them 50%. I asked them to write in more clearly that they are to dispose in sharps container.

The questions I'm hoping any of you with similar hazards can help with:

1. Is there enough residual material in the syringe that it could be hazardous?

2. Should there be a sharps container stored in the fume hood for the exclusive use of these syringes (avoiding incompatible material that may be left in the syringe)

3. If not a sharps container, what/how does your labs dispose of these syringes?

thanks!

Kim Gates
Laboratory Safety Specialist
Environmental Health & Safety
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6200
Kim.Gates**At_Symbol_Here**stonybrook.edu
631-632-3032
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