Re: PPE in biomedical research

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

This the fundamental point of the IAEA Basic Safety Standards: "The scope of
the Standards is limited to the protection of human beings only; it is
considered that standards of protection that are adequate for this purpose
will also ensure that no other species may be armed"

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel



----- Original Message -----
From: John Pickering <johnjp@email.sjsu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: PPE in biomedical research


> Todd,
>
> I have been asked that question once. After a (very) short reflection
time,
> I responded NO, they would have to glove both hands. When asked as to why,
I
> responded that all to often, the worker would require both hands
performing
> tasks in a laboratory environment. The pen, pencil, paper and other items
> should be surveyed in the event the items may become contaminated. But
with
> both hands gloved, the individual was better protected from the
> contamination. I told that people come first, then the environment
followed
> by the facility or experiment. With that being the sequence, they would
have
> to protect the hands before the pencil.
>
> John Pickering
> San Jose State University
>
>
> At 02:25 PM 7/25/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >While teaching our radiation orientation course to some new employees I
was
> >confronted with the following question/statement.  The individual wanted
to
> >know if it was common practice to glove only one hand when working in the
> >lab with radioactive materials.  He went on to tell me that it was
becoming
> >more common (standard practice) in Europe from where he had just come.
> >
> >Essentially the logic goes as follows.  The hand touching the vial,
pipette
> >tips, potentially contaminated waste, etc. remains gloved whereas the
hand
> >that holds the pipetter, pencils and paper for note-taking, phones,
> >instrument or door knobs, etc. remains gloveless to ensure that these
> >objects never become contaminated.
> >
> >My question is not whether or not you agree with the logic but whether
> >anyone has ever heard of this practice and or uses it/allows it in their
> >research laboratories and under what circumstances.
> >
> >Thank you in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >With great power...
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