Table of Contents
- 1 What is the effect if you eat inside the laboratory?
- 2 Why should you not taste chemicals in the laboratory?
- 3 Are food and drinks allowed in the lab quizlet?
- 4 Why should a student not eat or drink from laboratory equipment?
- 5 Is it permissible to have any drink or food in the laboratory Mcq?
- 6 Which of the following is a safe rule in the laboratory?
- 7 Why is eating or drinking in the laboratory potentially dangerous?
- 8 What should you never do in a lab?
What is the effect if you eat inside the laboratory?
Introduction Eating, drinking, gum chewing, or similar activities within laboratories where teaching or research involving toxic substances take place, can result in the accidental ingestion of hazardous materials (chemical, biological, and/or radiological).
Why do you think you should not eat or drink in the lab quizlet?
Always wash your hands with water at the end of the laboratory period to remove any water soluble chemicals that may have inadvertently contacted your hand. what should you not eat and drink? Many toxic chemicals can be absorbed through the skin.
Why should you not taste chemicals in the laboratory?
Don’t Taste or Sniff Chemicals For many chemicals, if you can smell them then you are exposing yourself to a dose that can harm you! If the safety information says that a chemical should only be used inside a fume hood, then don’t use it anywhere else.
Why is smoking prohibited inside the laboratory?
The practice of forbidding smoking, eating, and drinking in laboratories is one of the basic good hygiene practices. These practices protect people in laboratories from ingesting toxic chemicals or infectious materials. The stuff that’s on your hands ends up in your mouth.
Are food and drinks allowed in the lab quizlet?
unauthorized or unsupervised laboratory experimenting is not allowed. when entering the science room, — any equipment, chemicals, or other materials in the lab area until instructed to do so. no. do — eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the laboratory.
Why should you never run in the laboratory?
Never eat or drink in the lab. Do not run or play roughly in the lab. You might cause an accident by interfering with. someone else or tripping yourself.
Why should a student not eat or drink from laboratory equipment?
You should not eat in a chemistry lab because of the threat of contamination. This threat of contamination has two parts. The first part is that you never know where chemical residue may be and ingesting it could be dangerous. While you are eating you may leave crumbs or residues on the lab surfaces.
What are the risks or dangers associated with the direct inhalation of chemicals of unknown solutions?
Fumes from chemicals or toxic substances can irritate your airways, skin and eyes, and inhaling a substance can make your nose and throat sore or swollen. If you have inhaled chemical or toxic fumes, you should get into fresh air straight away.
Is it permissible to have any drink or food in the laboratory Mcq?
Do not eat or drink in the lab. Any time you are working in the lab.
Do not eat food drink beverages or chew gum in the laboratory do not use laboratory glassware as containers for food or beverages?
Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the laboratory. Do not use laboratory glassware as containers for food or beverages. Never fool around in the laboratory. Horseplay, practical jokes, and pranks are dangerous and prohibited.
Which of the following is a safe rule in the laboratory?
For any science lab, wear covered shoes, long pants, and keep your hair up so it can’t fall into your experiment or a flame. Make sure you wear protective gear, as needed. Basics include a lab coat and safety goggles.
Should you taste chemicals in the laboratory Why?
Laboratory chemicals should never be tasted. A pipette bulb or aspirator should be used to pipette chemicals or to start a siphon; pipetting should never be done by mouth. Hands should be washed with soap and water immediately after working with any laboratory material, even if gloves have been worn.
Why is eating or drinking in the laboratory potentially dangerous?
2. Why is eating or drinking in the laboratory potentially dangerous? Eating or drinking in the laboratory is dangerous as the food being eaten could come into contact with chemicals present in the laboratory either by accidental spillage or by one touching food with chemically contaminated hands.
Why is food not allowed in the lab?
If you add something to it, you change the results. To avoid contamination of lab materials by food and/or contamination of food by lab materials. Chemicals in a lab are generally dangerous to health. By placing food where it can be exposed to the chemicals, even if it just the fumes from it, the food will absorb the chemical.
What should you never do in a lab?
Laboratory chemicals should never be tasted. A pipette bulb or aspirator should be used to pipette chemicals or to start a siphon; pipetting should never be done by mouth. Hands should be washed with soap and water immediately after working with any laboratory material, even if gloves have been worn.
Is it safe to drink water from a laboratory?
Laboratory refrigerators, ice chests, cold rooms, ovens, and so forth should not be used for food storage or preparation. Laboratory water sources and deionized laboratory water should not be used as drinking water. Laboratory chemicals should never be tasted.