Laboratory Safety Flashcards
Transcribe OSHA
Occupational safety and health act
Conducts inspections to determine whether an employer comply with mandatory standards
OSHA
OSHA standards:
Bloodborne pathogen standard
Formaldehyde standard
Laboratory standard
Hazard communication standard
Respiratory protection standard
Air contaminants standard
Personal protective equipment standard
Applies to all exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials
Bloodborne pathogen standard
Exposure control plan?
Universal precaution and PPE
To ensure that the ____ of all chemicals used in the workplace.
_______ information is successfully transmitted to employers and their employees
Hazard communication
Requires the appointment of chemical hygiene officers and the development.
Procedures describing how to protect employees against toxic chemicals and etc
OSHA
Establish laboratory work methods and safety policies. Provide supervision, guidance, safety information, training, PPE, and maintain equipment and laboratory facilities.
Employees responsibility
Transcribe NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
The 4 under of NFPA
Health Hazard
Fire Hazard
Specific Hazard
Instability Hazard
Safety equipment:
- Safety showers (30-50 gallons of water and per minute at 20-50 PSI)
- Eyewash stations
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire blankets, spill kits and first aid
Required to contain and expel noxious. (With the sash in normal operating postion) should be 100 - 200 feet per minute
Fume hoods
Remove particles that may be harmful to the employee. 4 levels developed by CDC and NIH
Biological safety cabinet
Laboratory hazard:
Biological hazard
Chemical hazard
Radiation hazard
Electrical hazard
Physical hazard
All blood samples and other body fluids should be collected.
Using universal precautions
Biological hazard
Flammable and combustible materials
Most hazardous material in CC
Fire hazard
Irreversible injury to the skin or eyes by direct contact or to the tissue of the respiratory
Corrosive hazard
Substances that under certain conditions, can spontaneously explode or ignite or that evolve heat
Reactive hazard
Substances that have been determined to be cancer-causing agents
Carcinogenic hazards
Encountered in nuclear medicine where procedure using radioisotopes are used.
Radiation hazard
Equipment often emits a variety of wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that must be protected against through engineered shielding.
Non ionizing
Potential hazard associated with the use of electrical appliances and equipment
Electrical hazard
Liquid nitrogen most widely used fluid in laboratory
Cryogenic hazard
Compressed gas hazard
Mechanical hazard
Ergonomic hazard
Physical hazard
