Introduction.
Emphatically, in the laboratory there exist myriad activities. However, the activities are often coupled with myriad challenges that amount to fatality if not instantaneously handled. Categorically, while, in the laboratory, effective caution and care should get implemented to avoid possible damages. Lab accidents are often common in the laboratory. The cited accidents may regularly involve the injuries caused by broken glasses or even other laboratory appliances. Additionally, electrical safety and fire safety in the laboratory have always been accorded priority. In the laboratory, there exists emergency rooms as well as doors that individual would probably seek safety upon an unprecedented challenge. Also, the fire extinguishers in the laboratory provide an immediate solution for any fire outbreak. Typically, the chemical hazards that often exist in the laboratory get well stored. Moreover, after the use of the mentioned chemicals, their effective and safe disposal is often a priority. Careless handling of the chemicals such as the concentrated hydrochloric acid would cause a fatal burn as well as uncontrollable fire in the laboratory. Therefore, handling of lab chemicals is vital. Prevalently, lab safety together with general safety is habitually an essential role that needs to get practiced with the utmost dignity. Proper lab safety and general safety is often the responsibility of individual operating within and without the lab premise. The paper, therefore, endeavors to extrapolate on the myriad aspects of the laboratory that would ensure its effectiveness and safety.Lab accidents
Laboratories are fatal places. Nearly all of them come completely stocked with malevolent chemicals, ranging from strong acids to neurotoxins. Also, they come outfitted with natural gas-guzzling Bunsen burners together with high-pressure cookers known as autoclaves. Additionally, physics laboratories often have lasers while chemistry laboratories have explosives with the biology labs possessing contagious organisms. The cited laboratory appliances often cause unprecedented accidents that may habitually be fatal if not prioritized. Lab accidents connote to the unexpected occurrence in the laboratory that often cause harm to the user or rather individuals present in the lab. Essentially, as mentioned earlier, lab accidents are often myriad in the laboratory. For instance, the unintentional breakage of glasses often impact in deep cuts that if not treated instantly habitually leads to unmentioned infections (Cheesbrough 50). Additionally, inhalation of toxic gases in the laboratory that leads to excessive choking and suffocation is fatal. The cited accident involving the choking regularly cause internal infections that result into poor health if not treated instantly. Similarly, the accidental spilling of chemical such as concentrated acids causes immediate burn on the skin. The cited burns can be deep and may always lead to permanent skin damage. In the laboratory, the use of a pipette is often essential. However, some chemicals that involve the use of the pipette prove to be challenging. When an individual through the use of the pipette accidentally sucks the chemical into the mouth, excessive corrosion would emerge (Mukherjee & McGraw-Hill Education 19). The mentioned will be a fatal accident that would likely result into the loss of life if instant first aid is not examined. In the laboratory, some substances often need the use of a Bunsen burner or even gas to commence certain reaction. The mentioned reactions can always be explosive and may undoubtedly cause fire accident in the lab. Moreover, the leaking of gases in the laboratory can a times lead to fire outbreak causing unmentioned accident in the laboratory.
Works cited
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Mukherjee, & McGraw-Hill Education. Med Lab.Technology, Volume 1. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Education, Dec 1, 2000. Print.
