From:
McGrath Edward J <Edward.McGrath**At_Symbol_Here**REDCLAY.K12.DE.US>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
Date:
Feb 18, 2019 16:36 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
My perspective is the microbiologist one, and besides everything else that has been stated, long synthetic nails pose a source of contamination. The nail bed is difficult to sanitize with clipped nails. Longer ones create 10 distinct incubators.
Compound that with the likelihood of piercing gloves, you now have 10 possible PPE breaches.
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From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.edu>
Date: 2/18/19 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
A good policy that covers both flammability and solvent exposure. Soap and water are not a problem for these nails. And I would think they would make wearing gloves problematic and increase the likelihood of a puncture.
Maybe change "You are advised to avoid..." to "Thou shalt not..." Monona
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From: Barbara Foster <bfoster**At_Symbol_Here**WVU.EDU>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Mon, Feb 18, 2019 9:48 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
Excellent point, Monona. The following is an excerpt from our
Safety Rules for Undergraduate Students in Chemistry Laboratories:
You are advised to avoid wearing synthetic fingernails in the chemistry laboratory. Synthetic fingernails can be damaged by solvents and are made of
extremely flammable polymers which can burn to completion and are not easily extinguished.
/ Barbara L. Foster
College Safety Officer
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
West Virginia University
DCHAS Fellow - American Chemical Society
304-293-2729 (desk)
304-276-0099 (mobile)
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:51 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fancy nails in the lab
