Hello listers,

I am running a microscopy facility (mainly confocal) for biological research 
and we are currently undergoing a safety inspection throughout the 
institute. To date very little laser safety has been taught. At a recent 
safety briefing there was some mention of HBO/Mercury bulbs and the 
precautions to take with them, but nothing on lasers. So, I'm interested as 
to what others do/teach/preach regards safety (for all aspects of 
microscopy)?

We have Leica & Zeiss scanning confocals, a Yokogawa spinning disk system 
and some widefield stereo and compound scopes. I guess that unless someone 
removes one of the objectives the systems are essentially laser safe, but 
then people do sometimes need to move them around.

Any help, much appreciated,
Thanks,
Graham


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Graham Wright
Microscopy & Imaging Facility

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
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National University of Singapore
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