Chemical Hygiene Training

Protect yourself in the laboratory with gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. Follow the dress code to guard against chemical exposure, avoid sandals, and never eat or drink in lab.

Learn what safety data sheets are, where to find them, and how to read key sections to assess hazards and safe handling, with rubbing alcohol and sodium chloride as examples.

Learn to read HECS pictograms and hazard labels to identify chemical hazards, including flammable, reactive, toxic, corrosive, and health risks, and potential eye, skin, and environmental effects.

Label chemicals with ghs compliant container labels featuring six standardized elements. Include product name, sds reference, manufacturer contact, hazard statements, and precautionary statements, and label secondary containers in English.

Label chemicals on receipt and store at room temperature or in low-temperature freezers. Avoid mixing acids with bases and follow compatibility guidelines for oxidizers, flammable and light-sensitive chemicals.

Stay calm during lab fires, stop, drop, and roll to smother flames, inspect and use an abc-rated extinguisher with pass, and decide to evacuate or fight.

Learn to respond to a chemical spill, protect yourself and others, contain the area, use absorbent pads to clean up, and report to a lab manager.

Review this case to learn how to protect trainees and recognize hazards through safety data sheets and pictograms. The principal investigator trains staff and provides lab coats, gloves, and wash stations.