title: Phenoxyethanol as a nontoxic preservative in the dissection laboratory.
abstract: In an effort to rid the dissection room of irritating and potentially health-threatening toxic chemicals, we have modified the phenoxyethanol technique for long-term preservation of embalmed cadavers. The new methods employ faster, less toxic embalming and reduced or eliminated phenoxyethanol immersions. Our results are comparable with or improved over those previously described and demonstrate that phenoxyethanol is an excellent, easily manageable alternative preservative to standard formaldehyde/phenol-based embalming fluids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Wineski
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: English
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection; D004615:Embalming / Q000379:methods*; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010636:Phenols / Q000009:adverse effects; D012997:Solvents; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D010636:Phenols; D012997:Solvents; D005557:Formaldehyde; C005398:phenoxyethanol