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Officials: Students Shared A Lancet
Houston Chronicle ^
| 9/19/06
Posted on 09/21/2006 7:47:16 AM PDT by steve-b
SALINA, Kan. — A high school science teacher was suspended for allowing students to use the same instrument to draw blood from their fingers as part of a class project, district officials said Tuesday.
About 50 juniors and seniors in two science classes at Salina High School South used the same lancet, or small pin, to prick their fingers on Monday, said Carol Pitts, spokeswoman for the Salina school district.
The science teacher, who was not identified, was suspended with pay during an investigation, Pitts said....
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blood; bloodglucose; bloodsugar; diabetes; education; kansas; lancet; medical; medicine; science; teacher
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Science teacher? For what science? The science of how to be a total idiot?
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:47:16 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
Government employee............
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:50:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: steve-b
Suspended with PAY? Incredible. The teacher acts like a buffoon and gets a paid vacation. And who says the teachers' unions aren't powerful.
The teacher should be in jail right now awaiting a bail hearing.
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:51:25 AM PDT
by
laweeks
(I)
To: steve-b
The government schools can kill your children.
To: steve-b
Stupid move...but how many high school students in Kansas do you think have AIDS?
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:52:41 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: Gay State Conservative
how many high school students in Kansas do you think have AIDS? Before or after this imbecilic stunt?
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:54:35 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.)
To: Gay State Conservative
"
Stupid move...but how many high school students in Kansas do you think have AIDS?"
How many does it take?
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:54:46 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
(an enigma between two parentheses)
To: steve-b
So, what sport did the science teacher coach?
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:55:42 AM PDT
by
kenth
(There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
To: steve-b
I'm waiting to hear the process they used. They don't say either way if the lancets were washed in alcohol between students, so we're left to assume they weren't. But it wouldn't be the first time a reporter failed to ask.
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:55:47 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Gay State Conservative
how many high school students in Kansas do you think have AIDS? I really do enjoy viewing a post that calls reason into the equation.
Seems to be more rare everyday.
Perspective matters, even as much as ideology.
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:56:11 AM PDT
by
vikzilla
To: Gay State Conservative
Not just AIDs,
but Hepetitis, any blood borne pathogen etc...
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:57:01 AM PDT
by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: najida
Not just AIDs,but Hepetitis, any blood borne pathogen etc... Yes,I know.I'll repeat...it was a stupid move,but this is Kansas we're talking about.If it was Zimbabwe...or even San Francisco...perhaps we'd have something to talk about.
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:59:46 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: Gay State Conservative
Maybe not AIDS, but what about Hepatitis? There are problably other blood-borne illnesses that can be transmitted in this fashion. This was an asinine thing to do,esp. for a science teacher.
To: kenth
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:01:16 AM PDT
by
Huck
(There is a $2.00 service charge for this tagline---do you still wish to proceed?)
To: steve-b
Incredibly stupid.
I would have refused to take part in it.
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:01:32 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: steve-b
The science teacher, who was not identified, was suspended with pay during an investigation,
Paid vacation!
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:02:24 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
To: Gay State Conservative
I agree,
but all it takes is one sick kid.
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:02:32 AM PDT
by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: steve-b
WHAT? What college did this dufus attend?
AIDS and hepatitis are not the only things you can catch from a used needle. I wonder if the kids used alcohol on the puncture area. There are a lot of things that can be found on human skin that don't go well in punctures or the bloodstream. Staph, strep, E. coli, to name a few.
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:03:41 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: steve-b
Clearly this is a call for additional funding if the school can't afford a lancet for each student. </ sarcasm>
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:06:53 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Gay State Conservative
Hi Gay State Conservative-
We're in agreement it was a silly move by the teacher. Furthermore, we are in agreement that the risk of dangerous infection is extremely low. The exposed metal portion of the lancet pictured below is about a millimeter in length. There is no need for FReepers to panic at this point.
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:11:23 AM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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