Lab Equipment Safety: Glassware

The video tutorial covers the safety measures for handling laboratory glassware. It highlights the fragility of glass items like beakers and test tubes, and common accidents involving them. The tutorial provides tips to prevent mishaps, such as keeping glassware away from table edges and ensuring hands and glassware are dry. It emphasizes the importance of assuming glassware is hot unless confirmed otherwise and advises using appropriate tools like beaker tongs. The video also warns against using thermometers as stirring rods and outlines steps to safely manage broken glassware, including notifying a teacher and following cleanup instructions.

What should you use instead of a thermometer to stir a mixture?

What is the recommended action if glassware breaks during an experiment?