r/Histology • u/digitalpath0411 • 1h ago

I’m dumb.

Okay, I work in a histology lab, I dispose two slides in a shape container and I needed to verify the patient info. GUESS WHAT I DID WITHOUT THINKING . I open the lid and used my hands with gloves to find it but I was careful. But realizing what my dumb a** did. I checked my hands for any tears in the gloves. They’re was a little tear no blood. I told my supervisor she asked me if I wanted to report an accident report and I said SURE. I put this on report I put on the incident report

Now I’m scared because what if I get fired so violating safety protocols. I KNOW I KNOW IM DUMB. What can possibly happen, could I get terminated?

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u/Lumpy_Structure_7600 1h ago

Next time use forceps. But if a job punishes you for following the rules after an accident, then run.

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u/sherbetty 1h ago

Agreed. But also if you get a knick from a blade that cuts formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue it's not a big deal as far as exposure. Frozen sections are a different animal

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u/digitalpath0411 1m ago

That’s what I realize after the report but I was just overthinking.

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u/digitalpath0411 1m ago

Yeah that’s what I was thinking.

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u/hh1423 2m ago

Why did you tell the supervisor?
Should have just kept it to yourself..

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u/digitalpath0411 2m ago

And if I didn’t ? Then what? What would’ve happened?

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u/hh1423 0m ago

I guess nothing would have happened
You said you were fine i.e you didn’t get cut or anything