Lab Safety

Overview

The course will provide an overview of the additional risks associated with working in a laboratory; common hazards, the appropriate handling of laboratory equipment and substances, the different types of protective equipment, and basic first aid and evacuation tips in the event of an emergency.  You’ll be touring three fictional labs and tasked with earning safety tokens by providing the correct advice for key health and safety issues.  

Objectives

In this course you will learn to:

• Why laboratory safety is so important
• The local safety information that should be available to them
• The common hazards that may be found within a laboratory, and how to handle these
• How correct behaviours can keep the workplace safe
• The different types of protective equipment, and when it is appropriate to use them
• When and how to administer basic first aid for common laboratory injuries
• What actions to take in case of an emergency