Lab SafetyLab Safety

Safety EquipmentSafety Equipment EyewashEyewash Fire ExtinguisherFire Extinguisher

Safety EquipmentSafety Equipment First Aid KitFirst Aid Kit Safety ShowerSafety Shower

Safety EquipmentSafety Equipment Fire BlanketFire Blanket Valve Shut-OffValve Shut-Off

Safety ProcedureSafety Procedure Used slides and broken Used slides and broken

glass should be disposed in glass should be disposed in the glass disposal box.the glass disposal box.

Do not put broken slides or Do not put broken slides or glass in the trash cans, glass in the trash cans, sinks, desk or cabinets.sinks, desk or cabinets.

Do not put paper towels in Do not put paper towels in the glass disposal box.the glass disposal box.

Contaminated material, Contaminated material, syringes, and scalpel blades syringes, and scalpel blades are disposed in the Sharps are disposed in the Sharps or Biohazard boxor Biohazard box

Safety ProceduresSafety Procedures Students are not Students are not

permitted in the lab permitted in the lab without the supervision without the supervision of an instructor.of an instructor.

Please wait outside the Please wait outside the lab until your instructor lab until your instructor arrivesarrives

The lab office and the The lab office and the prep room are off limits.prep room are off limits.

Don’t bring food or Don’t bring food or drinks into the lab.drinks into the lab.

Smoking is prohibited.Smoking is prohibited.

Trash should be put in Trash should be put in the trash cans, not in the trash cans, not in sinks, trays, desk or sinks, trays, desk or cabinets.cabinets.

Dissected animal parts Dissected animal parts should be wrapped in should be wrapped in paper towels and paper towels and disposed of in the disposed of in the disposal bags provided.disposal bags provided.

Student prepared slides Student prepared slides which have not been which have not been used for Gram’s stain used for Gram’s stain smears may be washed smears may be washed with soap and water, with soap and water, dried and returned to the dried and returned to the slide box.slide box.

Plastic coverslips Plastic coverslips should be thrown away should be thrown away in the trash.in the trash.

Broken or missing Broken or missing equipment should be equipment should be reported to your reported to your instructor so instructor so replacement may be replacement may be obtained.obtained.

Do not take equipment Do not take equipment from other stations.from other stations.

Glassware, apparatus, Glassware, apparatus, and equipment should and equipment should be cleaned at the end of be cleaned at the end of each lab section.each lab section.

Soap, paper towels, and Soap, paper towels, and disinfectant are disinfectant are available.available.

Student should leave Student should leave stations neat and with stations neat and with the material arranged as the material arranged as it was found.it was found.

Clean up spills on Clean up spills on counters and do not counters and do not leave solutions in leave solutions in beakers or test tubes.beakers or test tubes.

Cleaned test tubes Cleaned test tubes should be inverted in should be inverted in the test tube rack to dry.the test tube rack to dry.

In dispensing reagents, swirl In dispensing reagents, swirl the bottle to assure mixtures the bottle to assure mixtures are uniform.are uniform.

Measure only the amount Measure only the amount called for.called for.

Do not return the excess to Do not return the excess to the stock bottle, give the the stock bottle, give the excess to someone who excess to someone who doesn’t have any yet.doesn’t have any yet.

Replace caps on all bottles.Replace caps on all bottles. NO mouth pipetting!NO mouth pipetting! When in doubt ASK!When in doubt ASK!