Gruesome accident prompts call to find alternative to needles in chemistry labs
Hello everyone, there is the summary of the article " Gruesome accident prompts call to find alternative to needles in chemistry labs " 1. In June 2018, Nicolas, a 22 year-old student, was working in Sebastien Vidal’s lab at the University of Lyon 1. He emptied a syringe containing dichloromethane (DCM) into a flask, but then accidentally pricked his finger with it. Vidal estimates about two drops, or less than 100pl of DCM, was left in the needle and that this entered the finger. · 2. Following the needlestick injury, it took around 15 minutes for a purple discoloration to spread over Nicolas' finger. After two hours, the edges of the purple patch were turning black, indicating necrosis — cell death — was beginning. At this point, Nicholas complained that the finger felt very hot and hard to move. · 3. The surgeon, who initially had thought he wo...