A laboratory is a place, building a part of a building used for scientific and related work that may be hazardous. The work conducted in a laboratory may include teaching or learning ,researches , clinical or diagnostic testing and analysis. A laboratory may have associated areas including preparation, instrumentation , decontamination , wash-up and storage rooms or a workshop in an engineering area .
In the laboratory, improper handling of equipment’s and materials can cause injury and accidents. However, laboratory can be a safe place to work if you are careful. You and your partners must always practice laboratory safety. In the laboratory the safety rules listed below must be followed. Before beginning any laboratory work, read these rules
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Do not touch , taste, or smell any chemicals unless specifically instructed to do so.
2. Check the label on chemical bottles twice before removing any of the contents. Take only as much chemical as you need.
3. To prevent contamination and accidental reactions, NEVER return unused chemicals to their original container. NEVER exchange stoppers of bottles, or lay stoppers on the table.
4. Be sure that caps or lids of containers used for chemicals are securely closed after use.
5. Be aware if the chemical being used are hazardous . know where the material safety data sheet is and what it indicates for each of the hazardous chemical you are being.
6. Never grab a flask, beaker, test tube or container by its lid or stopper.
7. when diluting acids, always pour acid into water, combine liquid slowly while stirring to distribute heat build up throughout the mixture.
8. keep hands away from face, eyes and clothes while using solutions, specimens, equipment or material in the laboratory .
9. Use a rubber bulb or pipette pump .when suctioning , measuring or transferring small quantities of liquid with a
Under work health and safety laws workers and other people at our workplace must take reasonable care that they do not adversely affect
Procedure and Observations To begin the lab, first all the correct equipment and materials had to be collected
The objective of the hazard identification is to identify the presence of potential hazards that are posed during operation of the plant, then suggest corresponding control measures to reduce risk or mitigate impacts on work force. Main hazards that we take into consideration are chemical hazards, electrical hazards, vibration and noise related hazards. 6.2.1 Chemical hazards The chemical hazards are those posed by chemical components and products used in the process. The main hazards associated with the process are that of natural gas or carbon dioxide leakage, high temperature and pressure steam, and potassium carbonate.
1. Introduction The objective of the experiments was to determine the identity of an unknown compound in order to properly dispose it. The process of disposal is very important when dealing with chemicals. Some chemicals are very
- Safety provi¬sions are interpreted to protect patients from illnesses caused in the course of medical treatment as well as to provide hygienic and injury-free experience in the health care setting. Special provisions exist for safety in pharmaceuticals, blood supply, infectious disease treatment and diagnostics, and mental health services, among others. Ethical codes for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers contain provisions applicable to the patients’ right to safety. Medical errors and other actions that fail to meet safety standards can carry civil, criminal and administrative penalties
A quote by James Gibson, UCLA’s director of environmental health and safety, describes how difficult it is to emphasize how important lab rules are (Doc A). In 2009, a geneticist named Malcolm Casadaban, died from an infection not thought to infect adults. The researcher was known for not wearing his gloves in the lab which was most likely his cause for infection and death (Doc B). This man was probably always taught the same rules and not warned about what could happen if he did not wear gloves. If he was taught the proper way maybe he would not have died that
2, Wet Disinfection Standard, Dry Disinfection .3, a manicurist should keep a supply of antiseptic in case the clients skin is broken during the process. 4, manicuring tools must be sanitized before used. 5, when instruments are not in use, they must be kept dry and in a cabinet. 6, foot bath, (a) a foot bath should be cleaned after each use and (b)filters and jets must be sanitized with the proper disinfecting chemicals. 7, Towels - (a) a separate, clean towel should be provided for each client, (b) headrest shall be covered with a clean towel for each client and (c), using hot water dipped towel on a client
I would explain to him that all containers and pipes must have a legible label on them written in English. The label will be cross-referenced with the Material Safety Data Sheet and will have a keyword on the label for the employees to easily recognize and find the chemical in the MSDS. I would also instruct him or her to evaluate the employee 's knowledge on what hazards the chemicals pose and for the employee to prove that he or she knows how to look up the chemical by looking at the label and finding the chemical in the MSDS(David
To wash my hands I would put the soap on one hand & then interlink my fingers & rub my palms until the soap covers both palms, back of hands & every finger. 4.4 Describe when to use different types of personal protective equipment. I would use protective equipment such as gloves, aprons and masks during any type of personal care or handling waste or bodily fluids, for instance, I would wear gloves when requiring a patient to take a UDS (Urine Drug Screen). 5. Know how to move and handle equipment and other objects safely.
• Clean spillages and ensure the correct warning signs are in
We must make sure that all chemicals that we use for experiments, cleaning etc are locked away in a cupboard safely or kept high up on a shelf out of reach of the children so they don't mistake them fr flavoured drinks and swallow them. If we are working with babies it isimportant that safety gate are placed at the bottom of all stairs and at all doors so that they can't get up the stairs or jam thier fingers in the door
Children and young adults always experiment new ways and new things of doing things. As they are growing in a world of hazards and dangers that it would not be correct to keep them far from some of critical situations where we must support but not smother them as the children could possibly grow up unsociable, nervous and unhappy , if we restrict them from such situations, we may restrict their learning. So, it is very important that teaching the students the skills that will help in managing dangers and risk for themselves. By giving the opportunity to experience a certain level of risky practices will helps the students to develop competences and confidence to make their own balance approach in risk taking, so that the students are not over protected. •
Cultural safety could be a thought that emerged within the late Eighties as a framework for the delivery of additional acceptable health services and is drawn from the work of Maori nurses in New Zealand. Additional recently it 's become recognized that the thought is helpful all told health care settings irrespective of indigenous matter peoples. Cultural safety is regarding making associate setting wherever the Aboriginal or Torres Strait inhabitant person isn 't solely treated well and during a culturally respectful manner, however they 're conjointly actively participate in interactions, basic cognitive process they 're valued, understood and brought seriously and supported to hold out culturally important tasks as a part of service delivery. A ordinarily used definition of cultural safety is
The company should take further steps in avoiding such incidences. 4. Visit www.OSHA.gov and determine if you can provide any additional information to help make the plant safer. Firstly the company should follow the rules and regulation incorporated in OSHO.gov.
What is Laboratory Safety? Laboratory safety is of paramount importance to environmental health and safety, which manages and responds to all issues and concerns surrounding chemical, biological, radiation, laser, chemical fume hood and centrifuge safety as well as biological safety cabinets, compressed gas cylinders, nanotechnology, emergency spill response, hazardous waste management and other standard operating procedures. Rules and Instructions in the Laboratory