Title: Lab Safety Rules
1Lab Safety Rules Proper Material(s) Handling
Procedures
- Mr. Gibson Laboratory Certification Component
- Laboratory Room 214
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- 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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- 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.
Will you pay attention next time?
I take it the lid wasnt on tight?
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- 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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- And there are a few steps to take when cleaning
up spills
- 5) Clean spills from the outside IN.
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- -- 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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- -- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
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- 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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