Laboratory Safety and Fire Extinguishers

TYPES OF HAZARDS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER ​ CLASS OF FIRE HAZARDS EXTINGUISHER TYPE A Ordinary combustibles -cloth, paper, plastics, and wood Water, dry chemical, and loaded ______.

Safety in the clinical laboratory is fundamental quality management. The personnel should be provided with a secure environment with provisions on ergonomics, safety protocols, and proper ______.

HAZARDOUS WASTE These are substances which, singly or in combination, pose a significant threat or hazard to human health or to the environment and require special handling, processing, or ______.

Fume hoods are vital equipment in workstation to protect the laboratory personnel against inhalation of hazardous and toxic ______

It is recommended that safety showers deliver 30-50 gal/min of water at 20-50psi. Poisonous vapors; Chloroform, methanol, carbon tetrachloride, bromide, ammonia, formaldehyde and ______

Safety data sheets, which include the manufacturer’s information(name, address and contact number) properties of chemicals, health hazards, handling precautions, engineering and work practice controls and disposal procedures, should be readily accessible to laboratory ______

Isopropanol and heptane are ______ incompatible

Acids such as acetic acid and sulfuric acid are incompatible with ______

Oxidizing agents such as halogens, nitrate/nitric acid, and potassium nitrate should be stored separately from carbone dioxide, chlorinated hydrocarbons, or ______

For personal protective equipment to be protective, blood and body fluids should not penetrate the PPE ______