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SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY
BIOLOGY 9700 A/AS LEVEL 2007
Responsibility for safety matters rests with Centres. Attention is
drawn to the following UK
publications:
(a) The requirements, as published in October 1989, of COSHH (the
Committee on Safety of
Substances Hazardous to Health).
(b) Safe Practices in Chemical Laboratories, the Royal Society of
Chemistry,1989.
(c) Safety in Science Laboratories, DES Safety Series, 2, HMSO, 1976.
(d) Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory, ed. L. Bretherick, The Royal
Society of Chemistry,
4th ed., 1986.
(e) Safeguards in the School Laboratory, ASE, 9th ed., 1988.
(f) Hazcards, as published by CLEAPSS Development Group,
Brunel University, Uxbridge
UB8 3PH.
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
The following is a list of basic materials and apparatus which
would be found in a well- equipped Biology laboratory. However,
the list is by no means exhaustive.
In accordance with the COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health) Regulations, operative in the UK, a hazard appraisal of the
list has been carried out.
The following codes are used where relevant.
C = corrosive substance F = highly flammable substance
H = harmful or irritating substance O = oxidising substance
T = toxic substance
GENERAL
Test-tubes and boiling tubes (heat resistant)
Test-tube holders or similar
means of holding tubes Testtube
racks or similar in which to
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