Laboratory safety Mr AMAR MOHAMED Definition Its procedure

Laboratory safety Mr: AMAR MOHAMED

Definition �Its procedure that used to protect your self , lab , your reagent and equipment That mean the laboratory safety classify into : 1. Personal safety 2. Room and environment safety 3. Reagent and equipment safety

Personal safety �This is a ways that use to protect your self and you team work it include 1. Wearing lab coat is one of the most important personal safety to protect your self form the chemical material and the contaminated sample 2. Wearing gloves to protect against sharpener , contaminated sample and chemical 3. Wearing mask when required (for inhaling pathogen)

Personal safety count. . 4. Don’t eat or drink in side the lab 5. Wash the hand before and after work by detergent soap 6. Don’t put your personal material in the working pinch ( Mobil, bag ) 7. Use the suitable light for examination to reduce the eye effect

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Room safety To make the room as suitable place of work: 1. 2. 3. 4. It must contain the hazard door It have a good ventilation Contain water supply Contain existent fan

Lab Room include 1. safety shower 2. eye wash station 3. fire extinguisher in lab and closest extinguisher in hall 4. fire alarm in lab and closest alarm in hallway 5. first aid

Reagent safety To keep your reagent and equipment in the perfect way from sun , dust and bad effect What are the hazardous chemical? �hazardous chemical are any material that present any physical or health hazard when used, �Any chemical that should be consider as hazard chemical and you must wear gloves, eye goggles

Material safety data sheets (MSDS) �This sheets is prepare by the manufacturer in accordance with come standard , indicates the hazard and safe handling information for chemical �MSDS contain : 1. 2. 3. 4. identification of substance composition data /data on component hazard identification first aid measure

MSDS contain count. . 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Fire fight measure Spill clean up measure handling and storage exposure controls and personal protection physical and chemical properties stability reactivity toxicological information ecological information disposal considerations transport information

The national fire protective agency (NFPA) NFPA: is specific system for identifying the hazards association with material

Color Coded Label Systems NFPA-type label Colors represent kind of hazard 3 4 1 2 • Red = fire Yellow = reactivity • Blue = health • white = specific hazard & personal protection

chemical spill management �Each laboratory must decide how manage hazardous chemical spill : 1. may opt clean its own spills 2. may initiate the university's emergency response system by calling telephone for chemical spill, 3. institute combination of two above

Laboratory safety equipment �The equipment preserve from environment effect �Some equipment can effect by low or high temperature �Some can be effected by different type of chemical �So it is importance to now the type of equipment you have for save use

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