Lab Safety
Enhance lab safety with safety-coated glassware. Reduce breakage, improve impact resistance, and protect employees while lowering costs.
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Ensure lab safety with a medical surveillance program. Learn risk assessment, regulatory compliance, employee monitoring, and best practices for worker health.
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Peroxides and hydroperoxides are dangerous, highly reactive materials. They are extremely shock-sensitive and explosive. They can form in certain organic materials, especially ethers.
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Learn about chemical labeling, SDS access, and training to ensure workplace safety compliance.
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Outline essential laboratory safety best practices to strengthen your lab's safety program, avoid legal pitfalls, and create a safer, compliant work environment
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Gases that corrode the material or tissue they come in contact with are classified as corrosive. They can also be reactive and toxic and/or flammable or an oxidizer. Most are hazardous in low concentrations over long periods of time.
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Learn essential steps to handle medical emergencies in the lab, including first aid techniques, emergency protocols, and safety equipment to ensure quick, effective responses.
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Beyond fewer incidents, safety training leads to higher productivity and greater employee confidence
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The safe, orderly and prompt evacuation of building occupants depends on having the physical safety features of a building in operating condition as well as having an emergency evacuation plan.
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Protect yourself and others by learning proper sharps handling techniques, injury prevention strategies, and safe disposal methods in the laboratory.
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Prevent costly damage and disruptions in your laboratory by following these best practices for flood prevention and maintaining water-cooled systems safely.
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Common sense is probably one of the most important parts of laboratory safety. Sadly, even the smartest people are guilty of doing incredibly stupid things in the lab. Here are a few shared by our readers.
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