1. Personal Protective Equipment
Where – and where not – to wear it!

2. Wear PPE when: When using a “gloves on” keyboard
Working in laboratory spaces
Wear gloves when
using this keyboard.
Lab coat is okay to wear when walking from lab to lab, unless is it known to be contaminated with a particularly hazardous substance.

3. When NOT to wear PPE Outside Bathrooms Offices/ non-lab spaces
When using mobile phones
When using a “gloves off” keyboard

4. When NOT to wear PPE When quenching your thirst.
Don’t risk ingesting chemicals and spreading them to drink containers.
Is a beverage container only touched with gloves on?
Note: Labs where hazardous chemicals are used have air changes per hour.
 Increased thirst

5. Transporting Chemicals
Use secondary containment (bucket)
One gloved hand, one ungloved hand
Carry other needed PPE if moving between labs