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Sundae posted:Yeah, the newer labs have updated signs with those symbols, but it looks like a lot of the established ones just kept the old stuff up. Holy crap! Now that I think about it, my plant barely made safety glasses required a couple of years ago. I remember seeing a production lead get hot steam and cheese right in the face once before they made that requirement. Kind of amazing how safety isn't taken seriously in this day and age.
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I'm assuming she was hospitalized for acid burns and not cyanide poisoning from acid mixing with the cyanide salt? Apparently, my work environment is way more dangerous than the average user in here, but we take the proper precautions. Of course, we had operators hospitalized for several months after a hexane fire because no one ever taught them how flammable it was (as in static could end your life).
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carnassials posted:I'm assuming she was hospitalized for acid burns and not cyanide poisoning from acid mixing with the cyanide salt? Oops, yes. Sulfuric acid burns.
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So I now have three broken Pipettes because some genius thought you can adjust the volume past the end point and the volume would magically loop back around. I could buy doing it to one but doing it to three in one morning makes me want to scream.
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Apr 27, 2017 21:54
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christ what kind of mongs do you work with?!
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Shrieking Muppet posted:So I now have three broken Pipettes because some genius thought you can adjust the volume past the end point and the volume would magically loop back around. I could buy doing it to one but doing it to three in one morning makes me want to scream. I made a terrible noise when I read this Probably the same noise the pipettes did Jesus
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Apr 27, 2017 23:01
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Shrieking Muppet posted:So I now have three broken Pipettes because some genius thought you can adjust the volume past the end point and the volume would magically loop back around. I could buy doing it to one but doing it to three in one morning makes me want to scream. Someone has a new temp.
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Mourne posted:Someone has a new temp. No they are a new full time hire who is the same level I am... 
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I'm considering changing my Psych A.S. track to A.A.S. Medical Lab Technology because I've wanted to "work in a lab" since I was a young lad and I'm beginning to think I don't necessarily need to transfer to a 4-year for a B.S. How do I become a beaker boy? A pipette prince?
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May 2, 2017 03:25
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Apply to replace this fucktard:Shrieking Muppet posted:So I now have three broken Pipettes because some genius thought you can adjust the volume past the end point and the volume would magically loop back around. I could buy doing it to one but doing it to three in one morning makes me want to scream.
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Appachai posted:Sorry guys, the interview is actually next week. Well, she lied about knowing dynamic light scattering on her resume. I asked her how she could use it to determine which buffer components stabilize a protein and she said "You caught me, I actually haven't ever done DLS" 
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Appachai posted:Well, she lied about knowing dynamic light scattering on her resume. I asked her how she could use it to determine which buffer components stabilize a protein and she said "You caught me, I actually haven't ever done DLS" Jesus loving christ, why would you lie on your resume like that
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May 4, 2017 05:21
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Bastard Tetris posted:Jesus loving christ, why would you lie on your resume like that Appachai posted:I have to interview someone who has worked in QA QC for theranos for 5 years tomorrow.
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May 4, 2017 05:39
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May 4, 2017 06:23
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Our lab and locker/bathroom share the same AC piping so the lab AC has to be always on to prevent the locker room from smelling like rear end during warm weather This makes the lab really cold 
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Harveygod posted:Apply to replace this fucktard: ...or any of the idiots in my lab. If you can competently embed tissue and not turn the machine off while there's still a rack with 40+ blocks in it off, I will give you a hug.
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Duskfiend posted:I'm considering changing my Psych A.S. track to A.A.S. Medical Lab Technology because I've wanted to "work in a lab" since I was a young lad and I'm beginning to think I don't necessarily need to transfer to a 4-year for a B.S. Medical Lab Technology, eh? I've been a MT/MLS (the 4-year variant) for the past 4 years and here's my take (assuming you're in the US, and this will vary by state): - Make sure your program will qualify you to sit for the ASCP MLT exam. Pass this exam. - Also, try to get into a program that will help you arrange your clinical rotations or has a number of preexisting partnerships with local hospitals (these are job interviews and a lot of students don't understand that) - MLTs do pretty much the exact same job as MTs in most hospital labs, but for less money and with less room for advancement. This was not the case with the Boomers of course! You will likely work with Boomers who make over twice what you do due to seniority and have very little formal education. Yay grandfathering! - Some lab specialties may not hire MLTs, but this varies by the area's labor market Medical lab technology can be a repetitive field and it's important to understand that up front- we don't drive research or experimental methods. There are challenges and rewards, but the day-to-day is quite rote. I'm currently a blood banker, previously hematology/core, and I best describe my job as 8 hours of Paying Attention. The work is not difficult, per se, but you have to be on constant lookout for abnormalities and be ready to hop to it if something goes sideways. It's a fine field, and pays pretty decently if your certifications are in order. Your work does actually improve patient care, and can directly save lives if that is something that drives you. Also you can see some pretty cool/gross stuff.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Our lab and locker/bathroom share the same AC piping so the lab AC has to be always on to prevent the locker room from smelling like rear end during warm weather That sucks. Our lab's thermostat is outside the lab near the offices. We have a refrigerator, a table-top convection oven, several pieces of analyzing equipment, 6 computers all running and a whole wall of south-west facing windows. When the thermostat says it's 70 degrees, the lab is more like 80 by 2pm or even higher in the summer. When you need to wear a lab coat over your long sleeved shirt (because it's 50 in the production/warehouse areas so have to dress at least a little warm) and you're running around grabbing samples it gets pretty miserable. Thankfully, most of the time I sit at one of the computers without a lab coat.
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BadSamaritan posted:Medical Lab Technology, eh? Thanks for the advice. I've emailed my advisor and I'm about to check my school's website for stuff they do in tandem with hospitals and the like. I think I can get behind the monotony as long as I feel like I'm doing something for patients in dire need (or just average need), yeah. I should have mentioned that I'm just a couple credits from completing a phlebotomy certification, but I'm truly interested in actually analyzing biological samples instead of just taking them.
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So one of our interns today was using gloves because he was handling NaOH and HCl. He then decided to stick his gloved finger in his nose. I've never heard of someone needing to use the eyewash station for their nose before. But I guess theres a first for everything.
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I used to work at a nanotech startup whose director of research used to go outside with the operators and smoke right next to the flammable solvent waste tanks. And he has 20 years of lab experience, a lot of which was making experimental munitions for the Israeli army. To say he had little concern for safety is a bit of an understatement. I could tell some awful (amazing) stories I'm glad I don't work in a lab anymore and also am still alive 
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packsmack posted:So one of our interns today was using gloves because he was handling NaOH and HCl. He then decided to stick his gloved finger in his nose. I've never heard of someone needing to use the eyewash station for their nose before. But I guess theres a first for everything. I'm laughing so god drat hard at the mental image of all of this right now. Was talking to our EHS team yesterday, apparently someone set an antistatic gun on fire last week. Washed it with organic solvent and was surprised it caught fire when they went to use it.
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Mr. Pool posted:I could tell some awful (amazing) stories I'm glad I don't work in a lab anymore and also am still alive Please do! Edit: Just questioned by our safety department and OSHA dudes about a torso left in a freezer that has been failing repeatedly. Apparently no one knew there was a torso in there, and now no one knows what to do with it! 
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May 10, 2017 18:20
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Johnny Truant posted:Please do! I have so many questions and so little context. So our plant (food production) isn't allowed to have plant life within 2 feet so a while ago we had temps pulling weeds. Someone thought it would be a good idea to use 40% hydrogen peroxide on the weeds to kill them before pulling. So one of our temps had peroxide burns on the entirety of both of his hands which were completely white. Now i mean i've gotten peroxide on me a bunch of times and it hurts, but it goes away. That just looked so bad.
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Phosphene posted:I have so many questions and so little context. Why do you have that high concentration of peroxide?
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Mustached Demon posted:Why do you have that high concentration of peroxide? We dilute it down to 2% (  ) to mist the inside of cartons which then go through UV light. Sterilizes the cartons before they are filled.
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Mustached Demon posted:Why do you have that high concentration of peroxide? We buy 30% for the lab to use for a couple different things. Toxicity testing etc. Also, yeah I've accidentally splashed some 30% on my skin once. Once. Never loving again. It hits your skin and nothing then like 5 mins later after it's dissolved into the epidermis and hits the dermis it reacts with the catalase in the underlying vasculature. This releases O2 gas and builds up pressure. Imagine something boiling under your skin and there's no way to relieve the pressure or the pain because its conveniently trapped underneath your outer skin layers. Felt like someone putting out a cigarette on my arm for about 2-3 minutes until it dissipated. poo poo hurts. Edit: This was from a fingernail sized patch of skin on my forearm. I can't even imagine getting it all over ones hand. God that would suck.
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We use it for cleaning and etching at various concentrations. It's real good at gobbling up tungsten. Or your skin whatever. Has a real nasty side effect of turning common organic solvents into explosives too. So please please please obey drain segregation.
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So, random question that might be better answered in the resume/interviews thread, but I wanted some fellow lab workers input. I'm looking for new lab jobs in Boston, going to be moving there in July. I found two openings through a hospital's website, and when I read the descriptions I realized that the PI who is heading that lab has collaborated with my current lab, and more specifically I've recently shipped this PI slides for one of their ongoing research projects. So I've got the PI's email address, should I email them with a copy of my resume and basically directly send them a cover letter stating I have interest in those positions? Or should I apply through the normal pipeline and then email the PI directly, mentioning I have already applied? I'm unsure of what to do, I don't want to bug this cat with an intro letter with my resume, have them just tell me to apply through the normal route and then possibly make myself look bad. Do you goons dig?
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Hit them up personally imo. The HR people might screen you out before your CV even hits the boss' desk. Worst case scenario: boss tells you to just apply through the online system in addition
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100% hit them up personally first to say "hey, job hunting, saw its you, what's the job like? Should I apply?" or whatever. Be chummy. Also, where in Boston? I'm at Genzyme in Framingham and I used to be at PerkinElmer in the South End.
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Awesome, thanks for the quick responses! The two postings are at MassGen Hospital, so in um... Charleston I think it was? I'm traveling to Boston for the first time ever tonight, I know nothing of the city, haha.
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quote:We want to be the Canada Goose of lab coats https://www.utoronto.ca/news/geek-chic-u-t-startup-reimagines-stuffy-white-lab-coats 
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Development posted:https://www.utoronto.ca/news/geek-chic-u-t-startup-reimagines-stuffy-white-lab-coats I'm trying to guess what that could possibly mean before clicking the link. "There's way too many of us and we crap everywhere and people should probably just shoot us. Order today!"
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Nah, they mean the clothing brand. Canada Goose is a very douchey winter coat brand that has become a huge fad both in Canada and abroad. They're warm yeah, but very expensive and people wear them in totally inappropriate warm temperatures to look cool (ie. indoors at a club) .
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Development posted:Nah, they mean the clothing brand. Cool let me pay $1000 for a lab coat that I can get for $10
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RadioPassive posted:100% hit them up personally first to say "hey, job hunting, saw its you, what's the job like? Should I apply?" or whatever. Be chummy. I walked by a Genzyme lab in the Somerville area while visiting, ha!
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Development posted:https://www.utoronto.ca/news/geek-chic-u-t-startup-reimagines-stuffy-white-lab-coats I do not understand wearing nice clothes in the lab. So many undergrads crying about their favourite whatever, now permanently stained. God forbid that your actual lab coat is now a fashion statement. I guess that mouse, right before you remove its brain, will get to see you at your absolute best, covered in leaky Sharpie stains. They are right that they don't fit all that great. That usually comes down to the lab manager being cheap though. Actually, I could really see this being used by professors and managers. You don't actually do any dirty work, so you will always have it looking nice for your lab tours and weird photo shoots.
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Yeah why would you buy an expensive lab coat for it to get ruined by whatevers? I only wear Costco jeans in the lab so I don't feel bad when a hole shows up.
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