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  • StevenJ
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    9th March 2021 at 9:22 am
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    in reply to: Health and Safety – Formaldehyde levels #3571

    Dear Al

    I believe it will be going down to 0.3ppm in July this year. My understanding is that we have had two years to get things sorted. I suggest you check your levels using formaldehyde specific Drager tubes. ‘Formaldemeters’ tend to detect all volatile organics fairly indiscriminately. In our main DR at Leicester we thought levels were high (approaching 2ppm) until we properly measured them using this method. I agree that this is poorly documented by HSE etc. Recommend speaking to your chemical safety officer.

    Hope that helps

    Steve

    StevenJ
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    4th March 2021 at 10:23 am
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    in reply to: Embalming donations in the current climate #3557

    We shall be accepting from April 12th at Leicester. We employ very similar measures to Birmingham.

    Steve

    StevenJ
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    4th March 2021 at 9:57 am
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    in reply to: Storage of prosections and how to stop material drying out #3555

    Hello

    It is a good idea to spray the specimens with a wetting solution (we use a mixture of glycerol and IMS). A spray bottle on each table can be used by students or staff to refresh specimens.

    Our soaking solution is phenoxyethanol. It is important to ensure that specimens keep getting topped up with alcohol, otherwise mould will definitely set in. It can be deceptive if you have greasy specimens – they look moist, but are in fact quite dry and susceptible to degradation.

    All the best

    Steve

    StevenJ
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    29th August 2018 at 8:29 am
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    in reply to: Anybody need Dissection Tables? #2590

    Thanks

    sjj22@le.ac.uk

    BW

    Steve

    StevenJ
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    29th August 2018 at 8:08 am
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    in reply to: Anybody need Dissection Tables? #2588

    Gina

    Please can you post some photos? We may be keen on having some

    Thanks

    Steve

    StevenJ
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    9th January 2017 at 11:26 am
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    in reply to: Embalming the brain #1400

    And the anatomy does not get distorted?
    Cheers
    Steve

    StevenJ
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    15th November 2016 at 12:57 pm
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    in reply to: Fresh frozen specimens needed #1395

    sjj22@le.ac.uk
    Cheers

    StevenJ
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    15th November 2016 at 10:03 am
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    in reply to: Fresh frozen specimens needed #1393

    Brilliant. Thanks in advance!

    StevenJ
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    15th November 2016 at 10:01 am
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    in reply to: Fresh frozen specimens needed #1391

    Thanks for the reply Carys. We would need them by June ideally.
    Cheers
    Steve

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