inhalation of dust Personal Protective Equipment: inhalation of vapours □ Safety glasses/goggles discomfort or irritation to eyes / skin / respiratory system □ Gloves micro-organisms □ Lab coats serious damage to eyes Ventilation: ingestion of a toxic substance / harmful substance □ Windows □ burns - chemical □ Fans □ burns - hot naked flame / Bunsen burner when packing up / hot equipment / hot liquids □ Fume Cupboards flammable substances Waste disposal: stains to skin and clothing □ Laboratory bin/sink substance toxic to aquatic organisms □ Waste container (return prep-room)…
“See if you can guess what I am now … I’m a zit. Get it?” - Bluto Background: The purpose of the antiseptic lab was to show the effectiveness of multiple antiseptics: hydrogen Peroxide, Purell hand sanitizer, Water and Iodine.…
4. 5. [pic] 6.2 Describe what personal protective clothing that you use to prevent the spread of infection in the workplace and why you should use it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [pic] |Section 7 Know the settings procedures for receiving, storing and administering medicine | | | |7.1…
I interviewed LaShawna Hanes, a research assistant from Lyon College. She keeps a personal journal on her samples of multidrug resistant tuberculosis because the research itself, will take years. LaShawna said she sketches pictures and paraphrase’s what happens during each experiment. She writes down the exact amount of each ingredient used and concentration of chemicals. She makes note of the results for that day, no matter how minuet, and makes recommendations at the bottom of the page.…
Although medical and nursing staff employ the use of standard and additional precautions the single most important thing that staff can do whilst working is perform effective hand washing to reduce the risks of cross contamination. Everyone has some form of resident flora on their body, this helps the host to stay healthy but when this resident flora is transferred by contact to another person this may cause the person to become ill. In addition to this resident flora a person picks up infectious particles through contact with other people or environmental surroundings (Koutoukidis et al, 2013, p 361). The most effective way an enrolled nurse or other health care workers can decrease the risk of transmission of these infectious organisms is…
5.0 Enforcement 5.1 Should an employee be in violation of Health and Safety Policies and/or Procedures, disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the General Pipe Disciplinary Policies and Procedures. 5.2. General Pipe expects all supervision including foremen, general foremen, superintendents and management to equally participate in correcting unsafe acts and conditions and in enforcing discipline throughout the company. It is the duty and obligation of supervision to do all jobs within safety and health guidelines. 5.3 Disciplinary action shall be taken as a result of safety violations.…
I agree, the chemicals in a Clandestine Drug Lab can be extremely hazardous, so how they are being handled is very important. A lot of times these chemicals are left unlabeled, being unidentified until test are able to identify what it actually is. Testing chemicals by mixing others with it or containing a sample should be done by specialized personnel. Police officers and investigators need to be thoroughly trained on handling materials in these labs in order to maintain the safety of the public and…
The best interpretation of a dental hygienist that I can conceive is a professional whose main job is to teach their clients the essential oral hygiene skills and provide dental care in order for the client to maintain their overall oral health. Among the various responsibilities performed for the client to insure their health and safety includes making sure, we, as dental hygienists first do not harm to the patient by contaminating with pathogens that could have easily been disposed of by simply following the standard rules of infection control. As stated by Ester Wilkins “Dental healthcare personnel have a professional obligation to serve all patients with comprehensive oral care, including patients with known or unknown communicable diseases.…
In addition to the medical package provided, employees have the option of adding dependents and spouses to their coverage plan. They are also eligible to register for life insurance if required. At this time, retirement packages are not available as our employee base will most likely be targeted towards youths and young adults. Holiday and Vacation pay Holidays and vacation pay will reflect the B.C Ministry of Labor legislation: Employees that have been working for the company for within a year, is entitled obtain vacation time: • Two weeks for the first 5 years of service • 3 weeks for the 6-10 years of service Vacation pay must be applied and submitted to payroll four weeks before the next fiscal pay period. It is the responsibility of staff…
Introduction: Over the course of about a week, I ran and studied a lab that represents the ecology of life with bacteria. To test how the ecology of life works, we measured and reviewed the growth of bacteria after washing one’s hands at different intervals of time. After washing our hands four times in 30 second intervals, we wiped a finger on a different segment of an Agar plate where our bacteria would have a strong environment to grow and develop.…
Cross infection is the transmission of micro- organism from one person to another. Cross infection is common, many organism can be found such as scabies, lice, fungus, pinwork, round worms and ring worms. It is caused by bacteria living on our bodies , without appropriate cleanness a individual can become sick. When coming into contact with bodily fluids including mucus, vomit, blood or sweat we have to follow health and safety procedures which are to wear gloves because it acts as a protective barrier against any potential infection.…
Many do not know that hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. These cost the healthcare industry nearly six billion dollars annually (Benson, 2011, p. 36). The statistics can be quite shocking considering people typically go to the hospital to improve their health. Hospital-acquired infections are a significant problem worldwide and are by far the most adverse events in the healthcare industry. Infection control can be defined as “the policies and procedures used to minimize the risk of spreading infections caused by bacteria or viruses” (medical dictionary, n.d.).Thus, infection control is imperative in order to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections and provide essential patient…
A good portion of the beginning of the school year in my classroom was spent on lab safety rules and procedure. I made it a priority to spend a lot of time reviewing lab safety they have had prior to seventh grade and what I wanted them to know for this year. We spent two days the first week of school learning and reviewing lab safety rules and procedures. Each student was read and shown an official list of lab safety rules that apply to seventh grade science. Each of the rules and procedure was demonstrated through scenarios that students might come across in a lab situation.…
Over the last several decades the topic of animal testing for cosmetic purposes has taken the world by surprise. The throngs of questions concerning this matter have skyrocketed, yet how often are these concerns addressed? For that matter, how many citizens even understand what cosmetic animal testing entails? As defined by Humane Society International, “the term ‘animal testing’ refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology” (About Animal Testing). These procedures typically result in pain, physiological distress, and in extreme cases, death.…
Introduction: LAB REPORT- Comparing and Discovering the Properties of Animal and Plant Cells INTRODUCTION: Scientists have developed classification units among livings. One of this classification types is kingdoms. It represents widely covered societies, including Animalia and Plantae. It is known that all livings are composed of cells, from the cell theory, so animals and plants also have a cell association.…