[MR] OOP need advice about dealing with bone that has been in formalgahide

[Martha Fletcher]

Thank you very much for your help.
Having one's knee replaced is bad enough without having it come back to bite you later.

I can help her do it this process outside.

Martelle


--- On Fri, 8/22/08, Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] OOP need advice about dealing with bone that has been in formalgahide
> To: "Martha Fletcher" <mrfletcher21133 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 9:12 AM
> The process they use to clean off formadehyde bones is to
> boil the bone
> first in a solution of bleach, about one cup of bleach to a
> gallon of water.
> Don't boil for too long, about 30 mins should do the
> trick. Then put it
> immediately in a plastic tray under tap water for about 15
> mins. You can
> also reboil the bone in fresh or soapy water to clean off
> the bleach.
> Afterwards, spray the bone with some kind of antibacterial
> solution, like
> Lysol.
> 
> Make sure when you boil it the first time, to do it in a
> well ventilated
> area and don't breath in the fumes. Formadehyde is a
> carsinogen and boiling
> off bleach also gives off some chlorine. Make sure you
> don't get the stuff
> on your skin.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/22/08, Martha Fletcher
> <mrfletcher21133 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dame Olwen's question is actually about what to do
> about the Formaldehyde
> > that it was stored in at the hospital.