Sharps in the Laboratory & Preventing Injury
ACS article on Safe Handling of Sharps
"Sharps are often used in the chemistry lab, but represent a risk of puncture wounds or chemical exposure. Yet information about their proper usage – and prevention of injuries – remains scarce in the literature." This report (ACS article above) promotes safe techniques for the use of needles and cannulas in chemistry.
SOPs - Standard Operating Procedures
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Every lab has a set of safety-related limitations to the chemistries they handle during their research, based on the way their lab is set up, relevance of work, special hazardous materials, etc.
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We adhere to 'Standard Operating Procedure' of chemical reactions performed in the lab. Any chemical reactions that do not fall under this description are 'Non-Standard Operating Procedures', and need special attention. Any chemical substance that is deemed as such has to be accompanied by a specific 'SOP file'.