Lan Safety Flashcards

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SAFETY AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
(5)

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● U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

● Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

● CDC, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Public Health Service

● College of American Pathologists (CAP)

● The Joint Commission (The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)

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OSHA

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U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

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(CLSI)

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Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

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(DHHS)

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CDC, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service

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(CAP)

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College of American Pathologists

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(The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)

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The Joint Commission

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OSHA

What public law?

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Public Law 91-596

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OSHA

Public Law 91-596

Enacted by US Congress in

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1970

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OSHA Goals

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Goals: Provide all employees with a safe work environment

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OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

(2)

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✓ Inspection
✓ Accreditation

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11
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Establish lab work methods & safety policies

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Employer’s responsibility

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Provide supervision & guidance to employees

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Employer’s responsibility

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Provide safety info, training, PPE & medical surveillance to employees

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Employer’s responsibility

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Provide & maintain equipment & lab facilities that are adequate for the tasks required

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Employer’s responsibility

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15
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Know & comply with the established lab work safety methods

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EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

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Have a positive attitude toward supervisors, coworkers, facilities & safety training

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EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

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Give prompt notification of unsafe conditions or practices to the immediate supervisor and ensure that unsafe conditions and practices are corrected

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EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

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Engage in the conduct of safe work practices and use of PPE

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EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

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OSHA’S 3 LINE OF DEFENSE

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Engineering Controls

Administrative and Work Practice Controls

Personal Protective Equipment

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20
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Eliminate the hazard or isolate workers from the source through engineered controls.

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Engineering Controls

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21
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Change the way people work through administrative and work practice controls.

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Administrative and Work Practice Controls

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22
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Protect workers with personal protective equipment.

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Personal Protective Equipment

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HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS

ESEAP

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1) Elimination
2) Substitution
3) Engineering controls
4) Administrative controls
5) PPE

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Physically remove the hazard

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Elimination

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25
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Replace the hazard

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Substitutions

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Isolate people from the hazard

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Engineering controls

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27
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Change the way people work

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Administrative contorls

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28
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Protect the worker with Personal Protective Equipment

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PPE

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29
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Do you need to use a blade?

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ELIMINATION

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30
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Can you use a safer blade?

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SUBSTITUTION

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31
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Does a human have то do the cutting?

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ENGINEERING CONTROLS

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32
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Can the worker use a safer
cutting method?

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

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33
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Worker should use cut-resistant gloves.

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PPE

34
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remove the hazard from the workplace or create a barrier between the worker and the hazards

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Engineering controls

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Engineering controls example

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installing physical barriers such as bullet-resistant enclosures

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Engineering controls (12)

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  1. Puncture-resistant containers
  2. Safety needles
  3. Biohazard bags
  4. Splash guards
  5. Volatile liquid carriers
  6. Centrifuge safety buckets
  7. Biological safety cabinets
  8. Fume hoods
  9. Mechanical pipetting devices
  10. Computer wrist/ arm pads
  11. Sensor-controlled sinks
  12. Foot/knee/elbow-controlled faucets
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○ Protects the worker = least effective

○ Ex. Gloves, Goggles, Face Mask, Lab Gowns

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PPE

38
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○ Change the way people work

○ More on documents = policies & procedures/practices that provides safer methods

○ Ex. Curfews during the Pandemic

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Administrative Controls

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○ Isolate people from the hazards

○ Focused more on building structures

○ Can involve machines to do the work

○ Ex. Barriers used against COVID-19

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Engineering Controls

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○ Use a safer alternative & replace the hazard

○ Ex. Replace knife w/o handle to a knife w/ a handle

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Substitution

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○ Physically remove the hazard

○ Ex. Replace knife w/ blender to cut something

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Elimination

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● Remove the hazard from the workplace

● Create a barrier between the worker and the hazard

● Ex. Installing physical barriers such as bullet-resistant enclosures

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ENGINEERING CONTROLS

43
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Color

Infectious waste which requires disposal by incineration

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YELLOW

44
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Color

Infectious waste which may be treated to render it safe prior to disposal or alternatively it can be incinerated

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ORANGE

45
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Offensive/hygiene waste which may be landfilled in permitted or licensed sites

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YELLOW & BLACK

46
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Color

Non hazardous medicinal waste, which requires incineration in a suitably permitted facility

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GREEN

47
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Color

Cytotoxic or cytostatic which must be incinerated in a licensed or permitted facility

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PURPLE

48
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Color

Domestic waste which does not contain sharps, medicinal waste
or infectious materials

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BLACK

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Non-infectious dry waste

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Black

50
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Non-infectious wet waste (kitchen, dietary, etc.)

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Green

51
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Infectious & Pathological waste

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Yellow

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Chemical waste including those w/ heavy metals

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Yellow and Black Band

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Radioactive waste

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Orange

54
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Sharps & pressurized containers

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Red

55
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Fume Hoods

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● No filtration of air
● Exhausts chemical fumes outside the laboratory
● Suitable for chemical and non-sterile work
● Never used for infectious agents

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● HEPA filtration of air intake and exhaust
● Recirculates filtered air in to laboratory
● Ensure sterility

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Biosafety Cabinets

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● NO Sample protection
● YES Operator protection

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Fume hood

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● YES Sample protection

● YES Operator protection

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Biosafety cabinets

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Does not contain sharps, medicinal waste, or infectious material.

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Black

60
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Ex. Fruit Peels, Liquid Containers

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Green

61
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Ex. Blood/Urine samples & their containers, Gloves, Face Mask

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Yellow

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Offensive/hygiene waste w/c may be landfilled in permitted or licensed sites

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Yellow w/ Black

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Commonly seen in the nuclear medicine department

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Orange

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● Cytotoxic/cytostatic waste

● Must be incinerated in a suitable permitted facility

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Purple

65
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Sharps & Pressurized containers (Vacutainer Tubes, Needles, Lancets, Broken Glass)

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Red

66
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● Prevents splashes from the sample

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SPLASH GUARDS

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● Prevents blood from spilling or being aerosolized

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CENTRIFUGE SAFETY BUCKETS

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Free-flowing air w/ pathogens can contaminate samples. Not used for culturing bacteria

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Fume hoods

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Culturing, planting of bacteria, processing of sputum, urine

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BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET

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● Better than the normal bulb pipettes w/c are more difficult to use.

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MECHANICAL PIPETTING DEVICES

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● Ergonomic hazard controls that will prevent ergonomic injury to the employee

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COMPUTER WRIST ARM PAD

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● Eliminates the need to touch sources of contamination = commonly seen in surgery dept.

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SENSORY-CONTROLLED SINKS & FOOT\KNEE\ELBOW CONTROLLED FAUCETS

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● Used when chemicals splash the eyes

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EYEWASH STATION

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● Know properties of chemicals found inside to prevent unwanted reactions

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CHEMICAL STORAGE CABINET

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● Used when fire/chemicals get on the employees’ clothes/body.

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SAFETY SHOWERS

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are those that modify workers’ work schedules and tasks in ways that minimize their exposure to workplace hazards

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Administrative controls

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Administrative controls

Examples

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○ Developing a chemical hygiene plan
○ Developing SOP for chemical handling
○ Warning alarms
○ Labeling systems
○ Trainings

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(general procedures/policies that mandate measures to reduce or eliminate exposure to hazard)

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Work practice controls

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Work practice controls

Examples

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● Hand washing after each patient contact
● Cleaning surfaces with disinfectants
● Avoiding unnecessary use of needles and sharps and not recapping
● Red bag waste disposal
● Immunization for hepatitis
● Job rotation to minimize repetitive tasks
● Orientation, training, and continuing education
● No eating, drinking, or smoking in laboratory
● Warning signage

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Hand washing procedure

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Wet hands with water

apply enough soap to cover all
hand surfaces

Rub hands palm to palm

right pa’m over left dorsum with interlaced fingers and vice versa

palm to palm with fingers interlaced

backs of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked

rotational rubbing of left thumb clasped in right palm and vice versa

rotational rubbing, backwards and forwards with clasped fingers of right hand in left palm and vice versa

Rinse hands with water

dry thoroughly with a single use towel

use towel to turn off faucet

..and your hands are safe

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

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• Gloves
• Lab Gown
• Eyewash Stations
• Protective Eyewear
• Face Shield
• Face Mask
• Safety Shower
• Appropriate Footwear (No Slippers)

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HAZARD CLASSIFICATION

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Biological
Fire
Electrical
Chemical