Lab Safety
Hello Steemit users
Hope you all will be safe and sound. As a medical lab technologist i'am going to share toady about Lab Safety.
Lab Safety
Some rules are NOT made to be broken. The rules used in a Pathological lab are really for your safety and not your humiliation.
- Do Not Pipette By Mouth. Always using disposable pipettes or pipette bulb or automated pipetter (justers). Don't pipette by mouth
- Read the Chemical Safety Information. A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) should be available for every chemical you use in lab. Read these and follow the recommendations for safe use and disposal of the material.
- Dress Appropriately
- No sandals, no clothes (which get fire easily), no contact lenses, and long pants are preferable to reduced risk Technologist who not follow this instruction set themselves or other lab personal on fire, spill acid , splash chemical in the eye, etc.
- Slippers and open shoes not allowed. Wear close shoes in the lab.
- Don't Taste or Sniff Chemicals. For many chemicals, if you can smell them then you are exposing yourself to a dose that can harm you! If the safety information says that a chemical should only be used inside a fume hood, then don't use it anywhere else.
- Don't Casually Dispose of Chemicals down the Drain some chemicals can be washed down the drain, while others require a different method of disposal. If a chemical can go in the sink, be sure to wash it away rather than risk an unexpected reaction.
- Don't Eat or Drink in Lab. It is so dangerous because meal can be contaminated from blood, any hazardous chemical or any toxic material which is dangerous for life.
- Don't haphazardly mix chemicals. Pay attention to the order in which chemicals are to be added to each other and do not deviate from the instructions. Even chemicals that mix to produce seemingly safe products should be handled carefully. For example, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide will give you salt water, but the reaction could break your glassware or splash the reactants.
Safety Equipment
The fire blanket, extinguishers, eyewash, and shower are the safety equipments. They are necessary for any lab in case of emergency.