Laboratory Safety Workshop Presented by Student Research Committee and Safety and Personal Protectio

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Laboratory Safety WorkshopPresented byStudent
Research CommitteeandSafety and Personal
Protection Committee of Isfahan Faculty of
Pharmacy
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Laboratory Safety Workshop Outline

• Introduction to the Lab Safety
• Environmental Management
• Physical Hazards
• Personal Protection Systems
• Biohazards
• Chemical Hazards
• MSDS Documentation
• Emergency Response (Next Thursday)
• Waste Management (Next Thursday)
• Group Work on MSDS (Next Thursday)

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• 
  Afshin Fassihi
• Safety and personal Protection Committee
• of
• Isfahan Faculty of Pharmacy
• 
  

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• Why is safety important ?
• It is better to be a thousand times careful than
  once dead
• -Old Chinese Proverb-

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• Safety in the Lab
• The elimination of potential threats to student
  health and well-being.
• The goal of every profession
• All places have potential for accidents
• Unexpected and usually sudden events that cause
  harm
• Prevented with common sense
• Emergency
• Situation requiring immediate action to prevent
  an accumulation of harm or damage to people or
  property

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• Hazards and Risk Assessment
• Hazards
• The equipment, chemicals, and conditions that
  have a potential to cause harm
• Heavy equipment, chemicals, animals, infectious
  agents, etc
• Approach all laboratory settings with caution and
  respect
• Hazards can be controlled
• Goal of safety programs
• Impossible to remove all hazards for the lab, so
  we look at risk
• The probability that a hazard will cause harm
• Can be reduced
• Reduces probability of an accident

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• Hazards and Risk Assessment
• Risk assessment
• An attempt to estimate the potential for human
  injury or property damage from an activity
• It is a measurement of safety
• Safety guidelines
• Procedures that are designed to prevent accidents
  by reducing the risk of hazards in situations
  where the hazards cannot be eliminated entirely
• Major accidents are rare in laboratories
• Most workers more cautious around major hazards
  than around small hazards or routine tasks
• Major premise of risk management
• ACCIDENTS CAN BE AVOIDED WITH CAUTION AND
  KNOWLEDGE

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Introduction to Lab Safety

• Who is Responsible for Workplace Safety?
• Everyone!!!!!
• Regulations for safe workplaces
• Written by the Safety and personal Protection
• Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy
• Provides a safe work environment
• The right of the student to have a safe work
  environment
• Key to a safe work environment
• Be continuously aware of the many types of
  hazards present
• Know how to handle them properly

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Why do you need to know this information?

• Everyone working with/around Hazardous materials
  has the right And the Responsibility to be aware
  of the hazards and proper safe Work procedures
  for hazardous materials used or produced in their
  work area.
• The primary objective is for you to know how and
  where to find specific hazard information

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Laboratory Safety is Important

• TO PREVENT
• adverse health effects from exposure to chemicals
• exposure to organisms, diseases, etc. in
  laboratories
• laboratory equipment hazards - if not maintained
  properly

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• CAUTION!
• IF YOU THINK OSHA
• IS A SMALL TOWN IN
• JAPAN
• YOURE IN TROUBLE!

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Some Useful Abbreviations in Lab Safety
Terminology

• OSHA Occupational Health and Safety
  Administration
• Ensures worker safety
• EPA Environmental Protection Agency
• Protects the environment
• DOT Department Of Transportation
• Regulates transportation of lab materials

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Some Useful Abbreviations in Lab Safety
Terminology

• WHIMS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
  System
• Provides Information on Hazardous Materials used
  in Workplace
• MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
• Technical document provided by chemical suppliers
  to describes a chemical
• NFPA National Fire Prevention Association

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Safe laboratory procedures and training are
needed for everyone!
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LAB SAFETY COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To show importance of written laboratory program
• To show importance of safety equipment and
  personal protective equipment
• To show importance of care of equipment

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Our Main Goal

• That you become aware of the chemical hazards in
  your work area
• To work in the safest environment possible
• You should receive this training
• Time of initial assignment (full training)
• Before using a new hazardous chemical
  (chemical-specific training, SOPs, etc only)

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KEYS TO SUCCESS

• INFORMATION Learn the hazards associated with
  your operation and share it with others (faculty,
  staff, students)
• TRAINING Ensure that all know how to work
  safely with hazardous materials and equipment
  (test to verify)
• LEADING BY EXAMPLE Model safe behavior
• ENFORCEMENT Clearly communicate expectations
  and do not tolerate improper or unsafe behavior

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General lab rules

• For the chemicals you are working with, you
  should be familiar with
• the standard operating procedure for using that
  chemical in your lab (a.k.a. the protocol)
• the hazards associated with that chemical
• the PPE required for using that chemical
• storage requirements
• waste disposal procedures
• the procedures to be followed in the event of an
  emergency

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General lab rules (cont.)

• Avoid working alone in the lab
• If you must work after hours or on weekends
• make arrangements with others in the building to
  check in with you periodically.
• Let someone know you are working alone, and make
  arrangements to call and check in periodically.
• avoid conducting hazardous experiments during
  this time.