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.