Safety in the Laboratory
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Important Hazards in District Laboratories:
- Unsafe laboratory premises
- Naked flames
- Microbial hazards
- Chemical hazards.
- Glassware hazards
- Equipment hazards
- Explosions
- Un reliable water supply.
Associated Accidents that can Arise from Hazards are as Follows:
i.Due to unsafe
laboratory premises:
- Due to unsafe laboratory premises.
- Burns and inhalation of smoke during fire may occur when emergency exit routes are blacked by equipment, storage box etc.
- Staffs are injured by falling on a slippery on damaged floor or from broken glass left on the floor.
- Injury from chemicals due to inadequate ventilation of laboratory.
- Risk of infection to staff and others due to not maintaining safety measure and hygienic condition.
ii.A accident arise from
Naked flame:
- Injury form fire caused by lighted baseburner, spirit lamp etc. due to not maintaining proper safety procedures.
iii.Injury form microbial
hazards:
→ Pathogens are
accidentally inhaled in airborne droplets.
→ Pathogens
are accidentally ingested through the contaminated finger and mouth pipe
ting.
iv.Accident due to
chemical hazards:
→Toxic or harmful
chemicals causing serious ill health, injury or irritation when.
→Harmful chemicals are
swallowed through mouth pipetting.
→Flammable chemical
causing fire due to improper maintaining of safety procedure.
→Corrosive chemical
causing serious injury and burns when these come into skin contact.