[Nhcoll-l] Protocols for Hazardous Materials use by pregnant researchers

[Flannery, Moe]

Hello all-

Do any of your organizations have a formal protocol outlining the use of specimens that may contain hazardous materials (i.e. arsenic, formalin) by staff or researchers who are pregnant? We had a request from a visiting researcher who is pregnant to work in the bird skin collection which does contain arsenic. Unfortunately our institutional chemical hygiene protocol for arsenic does not address pregnancy.

Thanks for any suggestions or copies of protocols if available.

Best,
Moe

Maureen Flannery
Ornithology and Mammalogy Collection Manager
California Academy of Sciences
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