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However, it does have direct entred to the Environmental Quality Committee
which is the closest thing that we are going to get to a corporate form
for this typ^ of problem. I think it might be a good place to call the
needs to the Conpany management's attention. So, to answer the specific
question, I see no reason why it cannot be arranged for these counts to
be made inside the Company, but just who's going to do them is not clear
to me.
Q. There are a number of plants with laboratory facilities that have technically
trained personnel and have phase contrast microscopes. Is there a reasonable
possibility of training local technicians to make these counts and thereby
eliminating the time lag involved with sending staples out?
A. If they have the equipment, I see no reason why it can't be done.
Q. Can you train them?
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A. Yes, and you can get help from HI06H. They will gladly help train your
people or even check sasples with them, which Is a good idea at the
beginning.
Dr. Zapp I see we have Miss Connie Eddy with us. She's our trained
person. Connie would you like to cons up and talk about the difficulties
and the ease of learning the technique.
Constance W. Eddy I learned how to do the technique and I'm not sure
I'm what Dr. Zapp calls an expert, yet. But I went up to the Harvard
School of Public Health to learn the technique which is very straightforward.
Mr. Morgan put me in touch with Dr. Burgess and Jack lynch, who actually
does the counting. The original reference by Edwards and lynch, that
describes it, came out in 1968 and is almost exactly the way it is still
done. I gave Dick Hubiak a slightly updated procedure that was sent to
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