The document outlines safety and laboratory rules for chemistry students at Cebu Institute of Technology - University. [1] It lists general safety rules that require cell phones to be turned off, an assistant to be present, and unauthorized experiments to be prohibited. [2] It details personal protection requirements like wearing laboratory gowns, safety glasses and not tasting chemicals without instruction. [3] General laboratory conduct rules include keeping work areas clean and reporting any lost equipment. Proper emergency response procedures are also provided.
The document outlines safety and laboratory rules for chemistry students at Cebu Institute of Technology - University. [1] It lists general safety rules that require cell phones to be turned off, an assistant to be present, and unauthorized experiments to be prohibited. [2] It details personal protection requirements like wearing laboratory gowns, safety glasses and not tasting chemicals without instruction. [3] General laboratory conduct rules include keeping work areas clean and reporting any lost equipment. Proper emergency response procedures are also provided.
The document outlines safety and laboratory rules for chemistry students at Cebu Institute of Technology - University. [1] It lists general safety rules that require cell phones to be turned off, an assistant to be present, and unauthorized experiments to be prohibited. [2] It details personal protection requirements like wearing laboratory gowns, safety glasses and not tasting chemicals without instruction. [3] General laboratory conduct rules include keeping work areas clean and reporting any lost equipment. Proper emergency response procedures are also provided.
The document outlines safety and laboratory rules for chemistry students at Cebu Institute of Technology - University. [1] It lists general safety rules that require cell phones to be turned off, an assistant to be present, and unauthorized experiments to be prohibited. [2] It details personal protection requirements like wearing laboratory gowns, safety glasses and not tasting chemicals without instruction. [3] General laboratory conduct rules include keeping work areas clean and reporting any lost equipment. Proper emergency response procedures are also provided.
Department of Chemistry SAFETY AND LABORATORY RULES FOR CHEMISTRY
I. Safety Rules
A. General 1. Cell phones, MP3 and etc. must be turned off prior to entering the laboratory. 2. No students is permitted to work in the laboratory unless an assistant is present in the room. 3. The performance of unauthorized experiments is strictly prohibited. 4. Practical jokes, boisterous conduct, excessive noise (as from radios, MPS etc., are forbidden.) 5. All personal injuries, however slight, occurring in the laboratory must be reported immediately to the instructor in charge of the laboratory 6. Each student is required to know the location and proper use of the fire extinguisher and first-aid kit in the laboratory where he/she is working. 7. All water, gas, air, electrical and other service connections must be made safe and secured always. 8. Any accident, such as spilling of dangerous or corrosive chemicals, explosions, fires or the like, must be reported immediately. 9. Solid matters not soluble in water (paper, matches, broken glass, rugs, stoppers, rubber tubing, etc.) must be kept out of sinks at all times to minimize the danger of plugging drains. Such items are to be kept away from positions where they might fall into sinks or drains.
B. Personal Protection 1. Wearing of laboratory gowns, facemask and safety glasses should be done at all times (personal eye glasses will suffice). 2. When heating or carrying a reaction in a test tube, never point the test tube towards your neighbor or yourself. 3. No chemicals should ever be tasted unless directed to do so by the instructor in charge. When instructed to smell a chemical, do so by gently fanning the vapors towards your nose. 4. When cutting glass tubing always protect your hands with a towel. When inserting rods, tubing or thermometers into stoppers, the glass should be lubricated with soapy water or glycerol. Tubing end should always be fire-polished. 5. Glass tubing should extend well through rubber stoppers so that no closure can occur if the rubber swells. 6. When diluting acids always pour the acids into the water with stirring; NEVER vice versa. II. General Rules for Laboratory Conduct 1. Wear a lab gown and a pair of safety glasses at all times in the lab. 2. The table tops must be kept free from any unnecessary things (other than apparatus). 3. Use only the quantities of reagent recommended in the procedure. 4. Excess amount of chemicals must NOT be returned to the reagent bottles, to avoid contamination. 5. Report any loss of equipment to your instructor as soon as possible. 6. Return each dropper to its respective bottle after use. 7. Apparatus borrowed at the beginning of the laboratory period should be returned at least 15 minutes before the period ends. 8. The table tops must be cleaned thoroughly (must be left dry and clean) before leaving the laboratory.
III. EMERGENCY RESPONSE
In case of emergency, always remember the following:
1. Don’t panic. Stay calm.
2. It is your responsibility to read safety and fire alarm posters and follow instructions. 3. Know the location of the fire extinguishers, eye wash and safety shower in the laboratory and know how to use them. 4. In the event of an injury, fire, explosion, or spill, notify your instructor immediately. 5. Be familiar with the building exits and evacuation routes. 6. Do not return to the building until authorized to do so.
In case of an earthquake: 1. Don’t panic. Stay calm. 2. Move away from windows and DUCK, COVER and HOLD under sturdy table or desks. 3. Do not rush out of the building if intense shaking is in progress. 4. Follow the evacuation route details described in the posters found in the laboratory. 5. Prepare for aftershocks. 6. Do not return to the building until authorized to do so. Note: Each student is to be as careful and considerate of the welfare of his/her neighbors as he/she is of his/her own safety. Should there be a need for correct interpretation of any of these regulations; the advice of the instructor in charge should be obtained Remember that respect for and observations of these rules in the laboratory are part of ordinary good citizenship.
Safety and Laboratory Rules S.Y./Semester:____________________
Class Schedule/Sec: _________________ Group no.: _______________________
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