Laboratory Safety and Emergency Response
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Laboratory Safety and Emergency Response Course
Introduction:
As health and safety regulations increasingly emphasize the significance of management commitment and employee involvement in risk management, this course outlines the practices that laboratories should adopt to ensure effective health and safety management. These practices are based on internationally recognized guidelines for workplace safety and health program management. The course specifically focuses on establishing and implementing a health and safety program within a laboratory setting. Its objective is to enhance and update participants' knowledge and skills regarding safety tools and procedures in the laboratory.
Course Objectives:
- To familiarize participants with the laboratory safety tools.
- To recognize and evaluate all potential hazards in a laboratory.
- To provide skills, knowledge, and understanding of principles and practices of the application of safety methods in the laboratory.
- To prevent and control the chemical hazards in the laboratory.
- To know how to protect themselves and others.
- To know how to arrange safety hazardous waste disposal.
- To learn standard fire emergency procedures in the laboratory
Who Should Attend?
The course is planned for chemists, lab technicians, chemical engineers, instrument engineers, Safety Engineers, and lab supervisors/managers.
Course Outlines:
- Laboratory Standard Safety Guideline
- Chemical Hygiene Plan
- Employers Responsibilities
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Identification of Hazardous Chemicals
- Manufacturer Label and Material Safety Data
- Chemical Safety Symbols
- Laboratory Ventilation and Exhaust control
- Ventilation and Hood System
- Evaluation and Maintenance Program
- Safe Work Practices and Procedures
- Chemical Handling Procedure
- Chemical Storage
- Management of Compressed Gases
- Transporting of Chemicals
- Working with Scaled-Up Reactions
- Electrical Safety
- Laboratory Equipment Hazards
- Particularly Hazardous Substances
- Biological Safety Containment
- Exposure Control and Laboratory Bio-safety Levels
- Guidelines for Good Laboratory Practices
- Laboratory fire protection
- Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- Fire Emergency Procedures
- Laboratory Waste Disposal
- Chemical Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Radioactive, Animal, Biological Hazards Wastes Disposal
- Spill and Hazard Waste Management
- Safety Procedures of Chemical Spill
- Effects of chemicals on human health
- Environmental Effect of the Chemical Waste
- Laboratory First Aid