Lab Safety Rules

If a fire erupts,

• Notify the teacher

• Run for the fire extinguisher

• Throw water on the fire

• Open the windows

If you do not understand a direction or part of a procedure, you should

• Figure it out as you do the lab

• Try several methods until something works

• Ask the teacher before proceeding

• Skip it and go to the next part

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burned, etc.) First you should

• Visit the school nurse after class

• See a doctor after school

• Tell the teacher at once

• Apply first aid to yourself

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?

• Loose clothing

• Dangling jewelry

• Sandals

• All of the above

When handling animals, students should

• Open cages only with permission

• Not tease or handle animals roughly

• Report bites or scratches to the teacher immediately

• All of the above

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always

• Treat your hands with skin lotion

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water

• Wipe your hands on a towel

• Wipe your hands on your clothes

When using a razor blade or scalpel, always cut material

• Away from you

• Toward you

• In your hand

• Perpendicular

True or False. All chemicals in the lab (including food stuffs and store-bought chemicals) should be treated as if they could be hazardous.

• True

• False

Laboratory work may be started immediately upon entering the laboratory even if the teacher is not yet present.

• True

• False

Always carry a microscope using both hands

• True

• False