| All lab safety equipment products are important | | | | with wash bowls. |
| installations or additions to other products in the | | | | Eye wash stations should be positioned in near |
| laboratory. Accidents can happen anytime and this | | | | working stations with room temperature, kept |
| equipment can prevent fatal accidents or minimize | | | | clean and free from dust. In addition, all lab |
| the danger of accidental exposure to noxious | | | | worker and employees should don fire-retardant |
| fumes or contaminants. | | | | capes and bib to protect the body from flying |
| Ranges of Lab Safety Equipment | | | | sparks during laboratory duty when handling highly |
| The laboratory is a setting for different high risk | | | | flammable substances. |
| research activities. An accidental spill of a liquid | | | | Air and Ventilation |
| contaminant on skin surface or eyes or the | | | | Some airborne contaminants are odorless and |
| unexpected combustion of volatile gases are just | | | | colorless or are influenced by the quality of air |
| some of the dangers lab workers face each time | | | | inside the laboratory. It is a rule that lab safety |
| they work in the lab. This should not be case if | | | | equipment should include air ventilation because |
| laboratories are equipped with safety equipment | | | | breathing air in enclosed placed should be |
| and quality supplies that ensure safety and can | | | | continuously replaced with non-laboratory air via a |
| save lives. | | | | vent. All laboratories, especially science school and |
| Fire Safety Equipment | | | | industrial labs must be outfitted with air ventilation |
| Aging lab safety equipment is a hazard too. These | | | | to prevent fatal inhalation of toxic gases. |
| should be periodically checked and replaced with | | | | The chemical hygiene plan depends on reliable |
| newer equipment. Large lab fires are not common | | | | laboratory ventilation and air detector equipment |
| but this should not be taken lightly. Students can | | | | to determine exposure to toxic vapors. The |
| accidentally spill flammable solvent and things can | | | | systems should also adhere to the standards of |
| get out of control very quickly. To keep the lab | | | | the Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| and laboratory workers protected at all times, | | | | (OSHA), American Society of Heating, |
| they need and must know what to do in case of | | | | Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers |
| fire. | | | | (ASHRAE), US Environmental Protection Agency |
| Emergency showers are designed to provide first | | | | (EPA). |
| aid solutions in case a lab worker catches fire | | | | Biological Safety Cabinets |
| from combusting gases or liquids. Emergency eye | | | | Biological laboratories need biological safety |
| wash stations may be required in industrial | | | | cabinets to prevent biological contamination for |
| laboratory setting but it would be best to have | | | | both user and the specimen. The cabinets are |
| these installed in all laboratories just in case a lab | | | | specially designed with high efficiency particulate |
| employee or student is accidentally exposed to | | | | air (HEPA) filters to act on air supply and exhaust |
| harmful chemicals. | | | | systems. There are three types of biological |
| Emergency drench shower units should be easy | | | | safety cabinets and each are designated to meet |
| to operate and provide a continuous flow water | | | | specific clinical and research needs for toxicology |
| until the valve is manually closed. These should be | | | | research. |
| made from heavy duty ABS plastic, the same | | | | |