"Difficile" is italian for "difficult" and it is pronounced: difi-CHI-le" the "CHI" as in "cheese". René J.
--- On Sat, 12/3/11, Bob Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Richmond <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] Re: Clostridium difficile - what do you do To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1:19 PM I have no idea - possibly no special precautions - I'd address this question - about Clostridium difficile - to the right person at the CDC. They'll know. While on the subject, how do you pronounce "difficile"? I say dih-FISS-illy - mostly on the basis of how Mozart pronounced it in his comic motet "Difficile lectu michi mars" (and never mind what that means in German). Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN ****************************** We are about to embark on a project involving C.diff infected GI tissue. We have processes in place for PPE, decontamination/ disinfection etc... but I am looking for any evidence whether or not formalin fixation or subsequent tissue processing will inactivate the spores. Also, do you take any special precautions in handling/sectioning the tissue /slides after paraffin embedding. I am not coming up with much info with my web searches, so I am asking for help from any lab that works with C. diff. Brett M. Connolly, Ph.D. Imaging Research Fellow Merck & Co., Inc. PO Box 4, WP-44K West Point, PA 19486 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
