Lab safety

Flammable material like alcohol should never be dispensed or used near

• an open door

• an open flame

• another student

• a sink

If a lab fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor

• run

• throw water on it

• open a window

Approved eye protection such as goggles are worn in the lab

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve vision

• only if you don't have glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used

If you wear contact lenses

• take them out before lab

• you do not have to wear goggles

• advise your teacher that you wear them

• keep the information to yourself

If you do not understand a direction in lab, you should

• figure it out as soon as you start lab

• try several methods until something works

• ask the instructor

• skip it and go on to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical waste should be

• left at your station for the next class

• disposed of according to the instructor's directions

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

If a lab experiment is not completed you should

• discuss the issue with the teacher

• sneak in after school and work alone

• come in during lunch and finish while eating

• make up results

You are heating a substance in a test tube, always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself

• toward your lab partner

• toward another classmate

• away from all people

You have been injured in lab. First you should

• visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

• tell your instructor at once

• apply first aid yourself

when gathering glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should

• read all directions to know what equipment is necessary

• examine all glassware to check for chips and cracks

• clean any glassware that appears dirty

• do all of these things