TY - JOUR
AU - Juhlin, Ingmar
AB - FROM THE INSTITUTE .OF CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY (UNIVERSITY OF LUND) GENERAL HOSPITAL, MALMII. HEAD: PROFESSOR STEN WINBLAD, M.D. SIMPLE SAFETY DEVICE FOR BUNSEN BURNERS IN BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES BY INGMAR JUHLIN Received 16.xii.60 In every bacteriological laboratory, especially where training of tech- nical assistants takes place, there is always a risk of infections among the personnel caused by ignorance, incompetence or accident. Un- skilled personnel is of course more exposed to such risks. It is im- portant to try out every possible device that may increase the safety in laboratory work. Fig. 1. Safety device for Bunsen burners without glass cylinder. a. holder. b. screw. c. bottom plate, d. guiding strings, e. ring,-f. curved elevations. 203 204 Fig. 2. Bunsen burner with safety device in use. Sterilization of platinum wires in the Bunsen flame is done hundreds of times each day in bacteriological laboratory routine. With a correct technique this brings about a complete incineration of the infectious material. If the technical assistant is careless or untrained, however, an unsufficiently burned clot of infectious material may drop to the table or the floor or get caught on the clothes with potential possibilities of spreading and causing infections. The following simple safety 
TI - SIMPLE SAFETY DEVICE FOR BUNSEN BURNERS IN BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES
JF - Apmis
DO - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1961.tb03194.x
DA - 1961-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/simple-safety-device-for-bunsen-burners-in-bacteriological-riFrBBNI4c
SP - 203
EP - 205
VL - 52
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -