LS4003 - LAB SKILLS - Introduction to lab equipment and glassware

WHAT 6 ITEMS DO YOU BRING TO EVERY PRACTICAL?

lab book, calculator, pens, id badge, goggles, lab coat.

beaker

CONICAL FLASK

EREINMEYER FLASK

VOLUMETRIC FLASK

graduated flask

GLASS FUNNEL

BOILING TUBE

TEST TUBE

GLASS PIPETTE

Burrette

WEIGHING BOAT

GILSON PIPETTE

INOCULATING LOOP

PERTI DISH

STIRRING ROD

1.5ML MICROFUGE EPPENDORF

TALLY COUNTER

PIPETTE PUMPS

WASHER BOTTLE

LIGHT MICROSCOPE

SPECTROPHOTOMETER

BUNSEN BURNER

GAS UNDER PRESSURE HEALTH HAZARD

Health hazard/Hazardous to the ozone layer

HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

ACUTE TOXICITY

OXIDISING

CORROSIVE

EXPLOSIVE

FLAMMABLE

CUVETTE

HAEMOCYTOMETER

Pasteur Pippette

GILSON/AUTOMATIC PIPETTE

BALANCE

WHY ARE THERE SUCH STRICT GUIDELINES FOR MICROBIOLOGY PRACTICALS?

1) to prevent unwanted microorganisms
from the environment contaminating experimental cultures with the uni
2) to prevent laboratory cultures
from 'escaping' with the consequence of pollution or disease.

IS CHEWING GUM ALLOWED IN THE LABORATORY?

no

IS DRINKING WATER ALLOWED IN THE LABORATORY?

no

SHOULD NON-HARMFUL MICROORGANSIMS BE TREATED AS PATHOGERNIC?

YES! ALWAYS! WHEN THERE IS A PATHOGENIC WILL, THERE IS A PATHOGENIC WAY!!!!

CAN YOU WEAR YOUR LAB COAT OUTSIDE OF THE LABORATORY?

NO

3 REASONS WHY LONG HAIR IS A RISK?

HAIR GETTING CAUGHT AND DRAGGING EQUIPMENT.
FIRE RISK
CONTAMINATION RISK

ARE BAGS ALLOWED UNDER WORK BENCHES IF THEY ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE WORK AREA?

NO THEY MUST BE IN THE CHANGING AREA, FOR THEY ARE A TRIPPING AND CONTAMINATION HAZARD

CAN YOU PUT USED AND UNUSED BACTERIOLOGICAL LOOPS ON THE WORKTOP?

NO

DO YOU NEED TO FLAME THE BACTERIOLOGICAL LOOP BEFORE USE, AFTER USE, OR BEFORE AND AFTER USE?

BEFORE AND AFTER USE

HOW LONG SHOULD CULTURES BE EXPOSED TO THE AIR?

FOR NO LONGER THAN NECESSARY

HOW TO USE DISINFECTION JARS?

FULLY IMMERSE BACTERIOLOGICAL LOOPS THEN WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DISPOSE.

WHAT DRESSING SHOULD YOU USE TO OVER ANY CUTS YOU HAVE?

WATERPROOF DRESSING.

SHOULD YOU CLEAN UP SPILLAGES BY YOURSELF?

NO. MAKE YOUR TEACHER AWARE.

SMALL ACCIDENTS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH QUICKLY AND QUIETLY.

NO. MAKE YOUR TEACHER AWARE.

production of aerosols YAY OR NAY

Avoid the production of aerosols

tubes or stoppers are kept on the bench when not in use (true/false)

FALSE