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Laboratory Safety: Preventing Contamination in the Laboratory

6 Lessons
11-17 Minutes
6 Quiz Questions

Course Overview


Among the challenges lab workers face daily avoiding contamination by toxins, corrosives and carcinogens, among other substances. This Video On Demand graphically depicts how easy it is to contaminate oneself, work surfaces, equipment, and other people when one is inattentive to details. The course demonstrates how safe work practices, engineering controls, good housekeeping and protecting materials and equipment create a safer environment for lab workers. Keeping work surfaces and equipment clean, decontaminating all equipment after use, paying close attention to cleaning shared equipment, and employing the proper procedures when cleaning up is emphasized. This online training effectively conveys the importance of lab safety and models the simple practices that improve the safety of your laboratory work environment.

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    Key Audience


    Laboratory technicians, lab assistants, chemistry teachers, chemists

    Course Topics


    Introduction
    Protective Equipment & Engineering Controls
    Safe Work Practices
    Taking Precautions Against Contamination
    Protecting Materials & Equipment
    Review

    Workplaces


    Laboratory

    Course Detail


    Course ID
    marcpcil_vod

    Time

    11-17 MIN
    Questions
    "6"

    Languages

    en

    video format

    SD-Wide

    captions

    No

    Resources

    Yes

    Lessons

    6

    Remediation

    Yes

    Bookmarking

    Yes

    Feedback

    Yes

    Microlearning