2 Lab Safety Assignment
Emilie Miller, Ph.D
Lab Safety Assignment:
Name: ______________
1. Sketch the lab space and note the locations of the following:
fire extinguisher, slide disposal, incubator, fume hoods, biohazard trash, eye wash, shower
2. What could happen if you shake a liquid culture?
3. What is wrong with laying an empty tube on the bench top?
4. What could happen if you pick up a tube by the cap?
5. If you spill a culture, what should you do FIRST?
6. When no longer needed, where do you place an empty test tube rack? Describe where you put it. Please do not use a letter for the location.
7. What is the most dangerous item in the microbiology teaching lab? How should it be treated?
References:
OpenStax CNX. (2018, Mar 19). OpenStax Microbiology, Microbiology . Retrieved from http://cnx.org/contents/e42bd376-624b-4c0f-972f-e0c57998e765@4.24
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2009). Biosafety in Microbioloical and Biomedical Laboratories, 5th Ed. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service. HHS Publication No. (CDC) 21-1112. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/index.htm
World Health Organization. (2004). Laboratory Biosafety Manual. (3). Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved January 14, 2019, from https://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/en/Biosafety7.pdf
