Laboratory Safety Guidelines Flashcards
Before the actual experiment, what must you do?
Prepare a work plan
What does a work plan contain?
(familiarize) objectives, instructions and procedures
What must you wear to ensure personal safety in the laboratory?
Prescribed Personnel Protective Equipment
What must be worn during experiments?
Safety goggles
Closed shoes (at all times)
Prescribed Laboratory Gown
Protective Face mask (recommended)
As an additional safety measure, ________ should be properly secured to avoid interference in your work.
long hair and loose clothing
What should you immediately report to your laboratory instructor?
any major spills, breakages, accidents
all physical injuries sustained in the lab (no matter how trivial)
all “near-miss” incidents
The students must wear PPE to enter the laboratory and carry out an experiment
What must you avoid to wear in the lab?
Avoid wearing jewelry
What is strictly prohibited in the laboratory? Why?
Eating, drinking and chewing gum
Most chemicals in the laboratory are poisonous
Why is smoking prohibited in the laboratory?
Some of the laboratory chemicals are flammable
Flammable solvents like organic solvents must be only used under the ____________
fume hood
Perform experiments only during the _________ and only under the supervision of your ____________
scheduled laboratory period, laboratory instructor.
Never work alone
Only __________ experiments must be carried out during your laboratory period. Moreover, no _____________ from the experiment procedures described in this manual, is allowed without the permission of the laboratory instructor.
scheduled, additional experiment procedures or deviations
DO NOT PERFORM UNAUTHORIZED EXPERIMENTS.
NEVER REMOVE CHEMICALS FROM THE LABORATORY AND STOCKROOM - why?
Improper handling and misuse of these chemicals could pose great health and environmental hazard.
Do not play games or engage in horseplay in the laboratory. Concentrate on performing your experiment.
NO LOITERING IN THE LABORATORY
DO NOT LEAVE AN ON-GOING EXPERIMENT SET-UP *.
UNATTENDED
Carefully read the * of chemical reagent containers – check the *
labels, formula and the concentration.