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Title: Lab Safety Rules


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Lab Safety Rules Proper Material(s) Handling
Procedures
  • Mr. Gibson Laboratory Certification Component
  • Laboratory Room 214

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Rules and Procedures
  • Lab Safety Rules for ALL lab exercises

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  • Lab Safety Rules for ALL lab exercises
  • As a side-note all the rules that follow are
    posted as an MS-Word document on your class page
    the teachers page.

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Rules and Procedures
  • This means no gum, cough drops, applying
    chapstick, chewing hair ends, holding a pencil in
    your mouth, nail-biting, etc.
  • 1) No eating or drinking in the lab.

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  • Use good microbiological practice. Just because
    something looks like it is only water it may
    not be or if it is there are very tiny critters
    that live there and want you for their new home.
  • 2) Handle everything as if it's pathogenic
    (capable of producing disease or disorders).

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  • Many liquids in our exercises are volatile
    (meaning they easily evaporate from liquid to
    vapor). Keep liquids sealed before and after use.
    Even a flame the next area over is a source of
    danger to your liquid.
  • 3) Keep flame and flammable solutions far apart.

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Rules and Procedures
  • Keep areas around electrical equipment dry.
    Report any incidents or situational areas to the
    teacher immediately!
  • 4) Keep electrical equipment far from water.

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Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • Apply paper towels over the spill
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • Advise everyone in the area that there is a
    spill
  • -- and if you KNOW what the liquid is tell
    your teacher.
  • -- If not known treat the spill as a strong
    acid or base or hazardous material since you
    dont know where it came from).
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • Make sure the waste receptacle is immediately
    next to you prior to cleaning the area
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Gibson ClassesLab Safety Materials Handling
Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • Get permission to dispose of the paper towels
    with the wet material into the waste receptacle
    prior to disposal (to avoid starting an
    unintended chemical reaction from prior disposed
    materials)
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Rules and Procedures
  • And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
    up spills
  • When cleaning, carefully start from the outside,
    and wipe inwards -- reporting the fact you are
    cleaning a spill to the teacher prior to
    cleaning.
  • 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.

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Rules and Procedures
  • fume hood (if required), goggles, gloves (if
    required), lab smock or coat, long pants, proper
    shoes, hair pulled back, and loose sleeves with
    rubber bands holding them tight to the arm.
  • NOTE that latex allergies can develop!
  • Also, advise your teacher if you KNOW you are
    already latex allergic.
  • 6) Use proper safety protection

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Rules and Procedures
  • -- to be sure that residues are cleaned away.
  • Add at least some water first to an empty glass
    hardware, swirl and dump
  • dry with a paper towel, before adding any liquid
    or solid solutes for the lab experiment
  • This avoids cross-contamination /or unexpected
    reactions.
  •  
  • 7) Always clean glassware before you use it --

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Gibson ClassesLab Safety Materials Handling
Rules and Procedures
  • -- to be sure that residues are cleaned away.
  • Add at least some water first to an empty glass
    hardware, swirl and dump
  • dry with a paper towel, before adding any liquid
    or solid solutes for the lab experiment
  • This avoids cross-contamination /or unexpected
    reactions.
  •  
  • 7) Always clean glassware before you use it --

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Rules and Procedures
  •  Returning excess materials to the stock
    container is a major cause of contamination and
    unintended side reactions.
  • Be careful weighing out chemicals and reagents at
    the start.
  • This avoids wasting materials and the temptation
    to return some of the excess.
  • 8) Do NOT return excess materials to the stock
    container.

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  •  
  • 9) Check all waterbaths with a thermometer
    before putting your hand into the water.

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  •  
  • 10) All sharps (needles, razors, pins,
    toothpicks) are to be discarded in a sturdy
    container.

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Rules and Procedures
  •  
  • 11) Science and writing goes hand in hand.

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  • Students are to keep a proper journal or lab
    notebook noting experimental procedures, data,
    and activities during the lab exercise.
  • This document is critical for writing a formal
    laboratory report at the conclusion of your
    experimentation.
  • These field notes or lab notes are attached
    as an addendum to your formal lab report.
  • 11) Science and writing go hand in hand.

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Rules and Procedures
  • Bring two sharpened pencils and a straight-edged
    ruler with a metric scale on one edge 
  • Always wash hands before and after lab work.
  • Lined looseleaf paper for notations.
  • 12) Be prepared

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Rules and Procedures
  • that is leave no trace that you were even there
    thus keeping it safe and ready for the class that
    follows (and the way you found it).
  • 13) Leave your lab area clean, neat, and orderly
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  • --- specific to the lab exercise you will be
    doing at the time.
  • Listen to instructions carefully and note them in
    your lab journal.
  • 14) Know and Understand any rules ---

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