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Microwave paranoia

Paradox74

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http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html

"A woman named Norma Levitt had hip surgery, but was killed by a simple blood transfusion when a nurse "warmed the blood for the transfusion in a microwave oven!"

I'm pretty sure the same would happen if the blood was boiled in a pot.

"MICROWAVED PLASTIC WRAP HAS 10,000 TIMES FDA LIMITS OF CARCINOGENS"

Well duh, you're not supposed to microwave plastic wrap (or boil it in a pot of water and eat it).

Anyone else want to add to this?
 
The blood was probably hemolyzed. I hate when that happens.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197108052850604
Marked hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuria developed in a 13-year-old girl during an operative repair for scoliosis. Residual blood from 1 of 5 U of whole blood, preheated in a microwave blood warmer and administered during the procedure, was found to be hemolyzed. The blood warmer was studied in an effort to reproduce extracorporeal hemolysis. Faulty placement of the blood container in the heating unit was found to produce improper heating through nonrotation of the container. No change in plasma hemoglobin or red-cell filterability was found when normally heated samples were compared with unheated control samples. Improperly heated blood revealed a marked increase in plasma hemoglobin (maximum, 949 mg per 100 ml) and a reduction in filterability of residual cells (maximum, 19 per cent). Morphologic changes (e.g., budding) were identified in improperly but not properly heated red cells. These studies indicate the production of extracorporeal hemolysis and reduced viability of a population of nonhemolyzed cells through improper heating of blood in a microwave blood warmer.
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Don't worry.
They're switching their paranoid delusions to Wi-Fi now.
 
My wife, the RN, said cooking the blood in a microwave is as bad giving the patient a shot of straight potassium. And blood hemolyzes by itself in about 4 hours, so if the IV takes that long they have to switch bags of blood.

She knows of a nurse who gave a patient Mylanta through an IV. Killed him. She lost her license of course.
 
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Another bit that I've heard is that microwaved water kills plants...let me explain this.

First, you microwave some water in a container (no word on how long you're supposed to do it). Then, you let it cool down and then dump it into a potted plant (no word on how long you're supposed to let it cool down though).

If any of you know the rest about this little tidbit, please let us know.
 
Paradox74 said:
Another bit that I've heard is that microwaved water kills plants...let me explain this.

First, you microwave some water in a container (no word on how long you're supposed to do it). Then, you let it cool down and then dump it into a potted plant (no word on how long you're supposed to let it cool down though).

If any of you know the rest about this little tidbit, please let us know.
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That sounds like an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp
 
Paradox74 said:
Another bit that I've heard is that microwaved water kills plants...let me explain this.

First, you microwave some water in a container (no word on how long you're supposed to do it). Then, you let it cool down and then dump it into a potted plant (no word on how long you're supposed to let it cool down though).

If any of you know the rest about this little tidbit, please let us know.
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Sounds as if the water wasn't all that cool when it was poured on the plant
 
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