LABORATORY

SAFETY
MEASURES
Laboratory Safety Orientation
Chemistry Department - BUCS
Legazpi City
 Outline
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY
LABORATORY WORK
– EQUIPMENT
– FACILITIES
– SUPPLIES/MATERIALS
– PROCEDURES
HAZARDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
SAFETY RULES/PRECAUTIONS
 Natural Sciences Laboratory
COMMITMENT

•Highest degree of SAFETY FOR

ALL
•High level of RESPONSIBILITY
TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Everyone
has a
responsibility for
safety.
 RESPONSIBILITY

• INDIVIDUAL

• SUPERVISORY or INSTRUCTIONAL

• ORGANIZATIONAL or INSTITUTIONAL
The individual (student or
employee) has a responsibility to
learn…
…the health and safety hazards of the
materials or equipment he may be using
or producing;
…the hazards which may occur from the
equipment or techniques employed; and
… the appropriate safety measures.
The person acting in a
supervisory capacity (coordinator
or teacher) ensures…
… that the normal safety precautions are
observed;
… that accidental injuries are prevented;
… accidents that occur are properly
reported and recorded; and
… recurrence of said accident is avoided.
 The institution provides …

… the facilities, equipment, and

maintenance to ensure a safe working
environment; and
… an organized program to make
improvements necessary for such an
environment.
A Laboratory is
a facility that provides
controlled conditions in
which
scientific research,
experiments,
measurement and
analysis may be performed.
The title of laboratory is also used
for certain other facilities where
the processes or equipment used
are similar to those in scientific
laboratories.
…the name emphasizes the
experimental and research-
oriented nature of work.
A Laboratory
Conducts tests and evaluation of
environmental samples,
pharmaceutical products, food samples
Conducts product quality assessment
Supports activities for educational
purposes
Ensures the validity and reliability of
results
Some COMMON Laboratories
Computer Science Laboratory
 Some COMMON Laboratories
Analytical Laboratories  Forensic
/Crime
 Clinical  Environmental

 Food  Soils  Feeds

Some COMMON Laboratories
Natural Science Laboratories
 Biology Laboratory

Botany Zoology Microbiology

 Some COMMON Laboratories
Natural Science Laboratories
 Chemistry Laboratory  Analytical
Chemistry
 Inorganic Chemistry

 Organic &
Biochemistry

 Physical Chemistry
Some COMMON Laboratories
Natural Science Laboratories
 Physics Laboratory
 Laboratory Work
Characteristics of good laboratory
work or practice
Activities and experiments are well
planned
Activities and experiments are
documented
Safety measures are observed
Gives credible results (precise and
accurate)
Remember:

Science does not take place on the pages of

textbooks or learned journals, but it is
recorded there.
The quality of any good work is only as
good as the report that remembers it
when the test tubes have long been
washed up.
 Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
Encompasses issues such as:

• Organization of the • Equipment

laboratory • Operations
• Management • Method validation
• Personnel • Quality assurance
• Facilities • Record keeping
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

• Have been established by worldwide

bodies such as:
– Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD)
– International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• For educational institutions, this is

required by agencies such as CHED,
BFP, DENR, and accrediting bodies such
as PAASCU and AACUP.
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Defined as “a body of rules, operating

procedures, and practices established
by a given organization that are
considered to be mandatory with a
view to ensuring quality and
correctness in results produced by a
laboratory”.
Principles of Analytical Chemistry
 Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Two common elements:

• Standard Operating Procedures

(SOP)
• Quality Assurance Unit
 Safety Agreement

To ensure that safe and orderly

laboratory environment is maintained,
EVERYONE should read and follow
laboratory rules and safety
precautions.
Students are made to sign a
safety agreement to this effect.
 TYPES OF HAZARDS
 Physical Hazard
(Noise, Vibration, Extreme Temperature, Illumination, Pressure)
 Chemical Hazard
A. Physical Form (Liquid, Solids, Gas)
B. Routes Of Entry
(Getting into the Eyes, Inhalation, Ingestion, Dermal)
 Biological Hazard
(Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Parasites)
 Ergonomical Hazard
Mismatch between worker & work
ex. Repetitive Motion, Stress at Work
 Mechanical Hazard
ex. Rotating parts, Moving parts
 Electrical Hazard
ex. any live electrical parts without insulation
Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control
PCO Seminar 2012
EMB-DENR
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
…defined as substances or materials
which has been determined to be capable
of posing an unreasonable risk to health
and safety.
…classified in terms of their physical and
chemical properties, effects on health,
exposure problems and effects to the
environment.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

• Explosive materials
• Infectious items, parasites,
pathogens
• Chemically unstable or corrosive
• Toxic substances
• Bio-accumulated
 WASTE MANAGEMENT

• The BUCS Natural Sciences Laboratory

is mandated to maintain a safe, healthy
and productive workplace environment.
• Committed to environmental health and
safety, we strive to ensure that our
students, faculty and staff meet or
exceed requirements specified by law.
 WASTE MANAGEMENT
• RA 6541, “The National Building Code of the
Philippines”
• PD 856, “Code of Sanitation of the
Philippines”
• PD 1152, “The Philippine Environmental
Code”
• RA 8749, “The Philippine Clean Air Act”
• RA 9275, “The Philippine Clean Water Act”
• RA 9003, “Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act”
• RA 6969, “Toxic Substances and Hazardous
Waste Control Act”
WASTE MANAGEMENT

Primarily, we aim to
minimize or eliminate
hazardous waste
generation.
 WASTE MANAGEMENT
• Effective options to carry out this
objective are
… the use of alternative chemicals
which do not have to be treated as
hazardous waste when discarded and
… reduction of the amount of
chemicals used by carrying out
microscale experiments.
 POLICIES AND
GUIDELINES
… Requires all faculty, staff, and
students to comply with the
institutional policies and
guidelines established by the
laboratory
Thank You….