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Martin,

          Before we took that line you could guarantee that our
embedding resin bottles would be contaminated and dangerous to touch.
This is very dangerous and quite unfair to anyone else working in the
lab.  To me it is only common sense that a securely stoppered bottle in
a lab MUST be safe to pick up, and prior to the 'no gloves' policy that
was not the case. Of course you wear gloves when you have to contact
something hazardous, but if no contact is required then it is much safer
for the whole lab if you don't wear gloves.  Why should everyone else's
safety be put at risk just so that you can be sloppy?

                                                    Guy 

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On 9/22/2011 4:35 AM, Guy Cox wrote:

> My view is clear.  Absolutely no gloves when you use hazardous
materials.  They have no reason to contact your skin, and if you don't
use gloves you will make sure that they don't.  If you wear gloves I
guarantee that the outside of the bottle will get contaminated.  If you
don't, we can at least hope that self-preservation will kick in.

Dear Guy--

I've never before heard anyone articulate such a policy and I personally

don't feel comfortable with it.  Like bike helmets, climbing ropes and 
seat-belts, gloves are for accidents.

That said, Julian Smith raises a very interesting issue about mis-use of

gloves: of not immediately removing them and changing to clean gloves if

there's been any possibility of contamination.

Martin Wessendorf

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