If you purchase one guide to laboratory safety procedures and compliance, make it Laboratory Safety by Dr. Diane Davis. An educator and hands-on practitioner with decades of experience, she knows what you need to know when you’re ready to institute new safety protocols or a new safety training program – or just need a comprehensive reference resource. Get insight and advice on everything from the most routine safety procedures to handling biohazards and radioactive materials.
Laboratory Safety makes it easy to choose the areas in which you want to ramp up your knowledge. It takes the user, step by step, through critical principles and practical tips, with a uniquely informed perspective on what practicing laboratory technologists need to know to be proficient and compliant in today’s laboratory environment. Organized by topic and comprehensive in scope, Laboratory Safety provides engaging and informative overviews of fire and chemical safety, biological hazards, compressed gases, radioactive materials, waste and waste management, identifying hazards, safety equipment and safe work practices, locating safety equipment and documents, accidents and accident prevention, and accident situations.
Individual users benefit from the self-study exercises in Laboratory Safety by using Pre- and Post-Tests to assess their knowledge. An abundance of charts, diagrams, and photographs enhance the information. The Appendix offers a wealth of resources and opportunities to learn more.
230 pages, 19 images, 32 tables, 49 color figures
CONTENTS: Exercise 1
INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY 1
Exercise 2
FIRE SAFETY 19
Exercise 3
CHEMICAL SAFETY 37
Exercise 4
EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY 69
Exercise 5
BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS 85
Exercise 6
COMPRESSED GASES 113
Exercise 7
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 123
Exercise 8
WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 133
Exercise 9
IDENTIFY HAZARDS 143
Exercise 10
SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND SAFE WORK PRACTICES 145
Exercise 11
LOCATING SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND DOCUMENTS 163
Exercise 12
ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION 167
Exercise 13
ACCIDENT SITUATIONS 183
Appendix 195
References 204
Post-Test 206
Answers 220
Index 225
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