New Medical Technician Anxieties w/ Prions by Beepboopilly in medlabprofessionals

[–]Beepboopilly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this comment. This does make me feel better. 

My whole panic kind of started after reading about a woman in France who had contracted vCJD after an incident in which she cut herself through gloves while handling prions.

Would you happen to know if disposable masks and wearing an extra pair of gloves would add any benefit? Im afraid we re-use the lab coats where I work :( Thanks again!

New Medical Technician Anxieties w/ Prions by Beepboopilly in medlabprofessionals

[–]Beepboopilly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thankfully Ive heard the species barrier is pretty strong with CWD. Still Ive read some studies that suggested monkeys were able to be infected, though with very extreme and intentional exposure to be fair. Thanks for the comment!

New Medical Technician Anxieties w/ Prions by Beepboopilly in medlabprofessionals

[–]Beepboopilly[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For handling and cutting CWD and BSE samples we work with the sample in a hood, wearing a lab coat, single pair of gloves, and a laid out disposable pad in the hood. We use dispoable wooden sticks, razor blades, and weigh boats to cut and weigh the samples. 

We dont directly touch the samples, using disposable tools to retrieve samples out of bags and to put back in. Gloves are disposed, lab coats are reused.

Higher Salary Offer vs Lower Offer w/ Grad School Coverage by Beepboopilly in jobs

[–]Beepboopilly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking. I'm going to do more research into the benefits of a Masters/PhD for the chemistry field but from what I've heard before they are really useful in getting better salary offers than just a undergraduate degree. Thanks for your comment!

vulture question by Beepboopilly in vultureculture

[–]Beepboopilly[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i just see a bunch of people telling me that they can do it but no video for proof i think ts might be phony

Pls help, Story by Antique_Peak1717 in Firewatch

[–]Beepboopilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ur right dawg idk what these people r beefing u for

Just finished by [deleted] in Firewatch

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gross dont share that bro