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KSSM SCIENCE

FORM 4
CHAPTER 1.0 SAFETY MEASURES
IN LABORATORY
1.1 Self-protection equipment
1.1 Self-protection equipment

• Examples of self-protection
equipments are gloves, clothes and
lab shoes, eye wash, visor, hand
wash, fume cupboard, laminar flow,
biological safety cabinet, shower and
others.
Personal protective equipment on a
student and their functions
Goggles
Goggles

• Protects the eyes from hazardous


chemical substances such as acid,
bromine, ammonia and reactive metals.
Face mask
Face mask

• Protects the nose and mouth from


inhaling pungent and volatile chemical
substances and dust.
Gloves
Gloves

• Gloves made of rubber protect the


hands from hazardous chemical
substances.
Lab coat
Lab coat

• A lab coat is made up of safety layers


and is easily removed if there is an
emergency. The lab coat is important to
protect clothing from damage.
Lab shoes
Closed shoes/safety shoes

• Closed shoes must be worn in the


laboratory. Their function is to protect
the feet from chemical substance spills
and glass splinters.
hand wash
Personal Protective
Equipment in the
Laboratory

Safety shower

Eyewash station
Safety shower

• The safety shower is used to immediately


clean and rinse parts of the body or
clothing that have come into contact with
chemical substances.
Eyewash station

• The eyewash station is used to immediately


rinse and wash the eye that has come into
contact with chemical substances.
Laminar flow cabinet
laminar flow cabinet

• This cabinet is used to avoid contamination


when microbiological activities are carried
out.
fume cupboard
/fume chamber
fume cupboard
/fume chamber
• The fume chamber is used to carry out
experiments that use substrates which are
volatile, flammable, poisononous, corrosive or
pungent.
biological safety cabinet

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