1. Top 10 Lab Safety Rules

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Dress Code 1. To protect yourself from injuring your eyes, wear safety goggles whenever you work with chemicals, glassware, heat sources such as burners, or any substance that might get into your eyes. If you wear contact lenses, notify your teacher.

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General Precautions 4. Read all directions for an experiment several times before beginning the activity. Carefully follow all written and oral instructions. If you are in doubt about any part of the experiment, ask your teacher for assistance.

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General Precautions 6. Never eat or drink in the laboratory.

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First Aid 9. Report all accidents, injuries, or fires to your teacher, no matter how minor.

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First Aid 12. Know the location of the emergency equipment such as the fire extinguisher and fire blanket.

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Heating and Fire Safety 19. Chemicals can splash or boil out of a heated test tube. When heating a substance in a test tube, make sure that the mouth of the tube is not pointed at you or anyone else.

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Using Chemicals Safely 28. When mixing an acid and water, always pour the water into the container first and then add the acid to the water. Never pour water into an acid.

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Using Glassware Safely 29. Never force glass tubing or thermometers into a rubber stopper or rubber tubing. Have your teacher insert the glass tubing or thermometer if required for an activity.

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Using Sharp Instruments 35. Handle scalpels or other sharp instruments with extreme care. Never cut material toward you; cut away from you.

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End-of-Experiment Rules 43. Clean up your work area and return all equipment to its proper place.