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Subject: Re: (3055)   Procedures for Handling Human Sperm Needed
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Three things come immediately to mind: 1) Always wear rubber gloves, 2)
never pipette anything by mouth, always use a pipetting device, and 3)
dispose of any sharp objects in a suitable sharps container.  Sharp
objects include anything that could penetrate a plastic garbage bag and
include, but are not limited to, plastic pipette tips, hypodermic
needles, pipettes, and microscope slides.  A suitable sharps container
is a container, usually red and usually made of plastic, that is
manufactured specifically for that purpose.  If at all possible,
autoclave anything that may have come in contact with the semen before
ultimate disposal and don't forget to disinfect your benchtop with a
suitable surface disinfectant (iodophor or bleach).  Alcohol is not an
effective disinfectant for anything other than prolonged immersion.
Hope this helps.
>>From: <JFSLG%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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> Subject:   Proceedures for Handling Human Sperm Needed
> Date: Friday, 8 Mar 1991 15:31:02 EST
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>
> I plan to do some experiments to measure the motility of
> Human sperm by using a technique involving laser light scattering.
> I am trained as a physicist and I am requesting information
> how to handle human sperm samples obtained from donors in light
> of the aids scare and the many other infectious diseases that are
> assosciated with sperm.  I plan to work with nonAides related
> cases, but I would like to know what precautions should be taken
> in the lab.
>
>            James Frost
> Computer InformationsSystem Dept.
> LaGuardia Community College
> 31-10 Thomson Ave.
> Long Island City, NY 11101
> (718)-349-4046
>
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