'no mouth pipetting'

topic posted Wed, February 14, 2007 - 2:41 PM by  mella
I was reviewing my lab's Health & Safety Manual today and there's the standard section about no mouth pipetting - does *anyone* do this anymore? Is there a reason why someone would bother in the year 2007 to mouth pipette?
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  • Wendy
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    Re: 'no mouth pipetting'

    Wed, February 14, 2007 - 3:03 PM
    Believe it or not, YEAH!

    Even in college I had to insist on another lab partner in the chemistry classes because I kept getting stuck with "young" men who insisted on setting things on fire, not using their tongs to grab beakers of volatile fluids in heat baths, etc. If the safety rules don't specifically list the stupid then someone will do it and get severely injured and try to sue. We live in a litigious society now so we have to protect ourselves from stupidity by specifically addressing it.
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