LABORATORY POLICIES
LABORATORY POLICIES
Know location of
• Fire extinguishers
• Eye wash stations
• Safety showers
• Exits
LABORATORY POLICIES
No
• Eating
• Drinking
• Smoking
• Excessive personal
property
LABORATORY POLICIES
Wear
• Safety goggles not safety glasses
• Protective apron
• Appropriate clothing (not your best
clothes
• Closed shoes that cover entire foot
from ankle down including heel
(NOT sandals, flip flops, clogs
and/or flats)
LABORATORY POLICIES
• You will be sent out of lab for
the day if you do not wear
appropriate attire to lab
LABORATORY POLICIES
No
• Horseplay, pranks, or
other acts of mischief
• Mouth suction of pipets
(always use pipet bulb)
LABORATORY POLICIES
• Report any accident,
however minor, to the
graduate teaching assistant
at once.
LABORATORY POLICIES
• Students who are
pregnant or who become
pregnant must inform
their GTAs so that
adequate precautions
may be taken.
LAB REPORTS
Must
• Be complete and legible
• Have data in ink (not pencil)
• Be signed by GTA before you leave
• Include proper units
• Note all significant digits
• Have listing of formulas for every
type of calculation
LAB REPORTS
Must
• Have fully answered questions
• Have properly constructed and
labeled graphs
• Be turned in the next week at the
beginning of class
• Be redone at GTA’s request if
illegible
LAB REPORTS
• If you miss a lab, it is your
responsibility to have your
lab report turned in on time
(i.e., on the day and time of
your regular lab).
LAB REPORTS
• A final exam will be given
at the end of the
semester.
GENERAL LABORATORY RULES
GENERAL LABORATORY RULES
You must
• Be on time
• Attend briefing to do lab
• Stop working on an
experiment at the end of the
period (no extra time)
GENERAL LABORATORY RULES
You must
• Work in lab room only
when supervised
• Perform only authorized
experiments
• Clean benches and work
spaces before leaving
GENERAL LABORATORY RULES
You must
• Return chemicals to proper places
immediately after use
• Treat unused chemicals as
wastes
• Dispose of chemical wastes as
directed
• Use only designated waste
containers
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
You are
• Responsible for the equipment
issued at beginning of term
• To inspect each piece of equipment
when you check in
• To confirm that all equipment was
present on the first day of lab
• To return equipment in your drawer
at the end of each semester
complete and in good condition
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
• You will be charged if any
equipment borrowed from
stockroom is not returned.
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
You must bring your drawer key
to lab.
If not,
• Five (5) technique points will
be deducted from your weekly
lab report grade
• Your drawer will be unlocked
by the stockroom personnel.
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Go to the Chemistry Supply
Store in 128 Saunders Hall to
replace
• Drawer keys
• Missing or broken equipment
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
You must
• Return the assigned key
when you check out of lab
• Return the lab key within one
week grace period if you drop
the course or stop attending
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
• You must return the key at the
end of the course to receive a
grade for the lab
• There is a $50.00 charge that
must be paid (to the Bursar’s
Office) for an unreturned key.
LABORATORY POLICIES
• STUDENTS WHO REFUSE
TO FOLLOW
LABORATORY SAFETY
REGULATIONS WILL BE
ASKED TO LEAVE THE
LABORATORY.