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    1. The document outlines safety rules and responsibilities for students conducting laboratory exercises. It states that supervisors are responsible for providing safety instructions, and students are responsible for attending these meetings and following safety procedures to protect themselves and others. 2. Specific safety rules are then listed, including keeping lab doors open, knowing emergency exits, prohibiting food/drinks and unauthorized experiments, and properly handling chemicals and equipment. 3. Instructions are provided for fire drills, including evacuating in a single file and assembling outside for a head count. Compliance with safety rules and procedures is necessary for protecting all those in the labs.

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    1. The document outlines safety rules and responsibilities for students conducting laboratory exercises. It states that supervisors are responsible for providing safety instructions, and students are responsible for attending these meetings and following safety procedures to protect themselves and others. 2. Specific safety rules are then listed, including keeping lab doors open, knowing emergency exits, prohibiting food/drinks and unauthorized experiments, and properly handling chemicals and equipment. 3. Instructions are provided for fire drills, including evacuating in a single file and assembling outside for a head count. Compliance with safety rules and procedures is necessary for protecting all those in the labs.

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    1. The document outlines safety rules and responsibilities for students conducting laboratory exercises. It states that supervisors are responsible for providing safety instructions, and students are responsible for attending these meetings and following safety procedures to protect themselves and others. 2. Specific safety rules are then listed, including keeping lab doors open, knowing emergency exits, prohibiting food/drinks and unauthorized experiments, and properly handling chemicals and equipment. 3. Instructions are provided for fire drills, including evacuating in a single file and assembling outside for a head count. Compliance with safety rules and procedures is necessary for protecting all those in the labs.

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    Safety and Measurement

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    1. The document outlines safety rules and responsibilities for students conducting laboratory exercises. It states that supervisors are responsible for providing safety instructions, and students are responsible for attending these meetings and following safety procedures to protect themselves and others. 2. Specific safety rules are then listed, including keeping lab doors open, knowing emergency exits, prohibiting food/drinks and unauthorized experiments, and properly handling chemicals and equipment. 3. Instructions are provided for fire drills, including evacuating in a single file and assembling outside for a head count. Compliance with safety rules and procedures is necessary for protecting all those in the labs.

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    SAFETY & MEASUREMENT

    RESPONSIBILITY
    The supervisors of the course have done their duty when notice is given during scheduled lectures, labs and tutorials of
    dangers and required precautions for the given laboratory exercise, and when they have taken all the measures they ensure
    its proper conduct.

    It is part of the responsibility of the student to attend these officially scheduled meetings to learn of things which have a
    direct bearing on his own safety, that of his colleagues and the safety of those who may find themselves under his
    supervision after graduation. A duty also exists for the student to conduct himself in a manner that will not diminish the
    reasonable safety precautions taken by other participants of these exercises.

    Anyone arriving late for a lab will therefore only be admitted at the discretion of the supervisor. Anyone who misses the
    prerequisite to the lab, advertised or given during the scheduled meetings, enters the lab at the risk of all involved, and
    may be severely penalized. Anyone who misses the prerequisite through illness or misfortune, on presentation of a valid
    medical certificate or a well-supported petition, may participate in a special session at the convenience of the supervisor
    provided the relevant exercise is still scheduled, and depending on the availability of the staff.

    All laboratory exercises are compulsory. Some may be more compulsory than others in that even medically certificated
    absences from them can achieve no more than consideration for an Incomplete Grade.

    Embarking on studies of this nature presumes a maturity to realize that habits, and even lifestyles, may have to be,
    tailored to minimize the hazards of reactive matter. The supervisors are available during the labs to give reasons for
    procedures so that you may appreciate their significance sufficiently, and so that you may in turn provide for their
    compliance when you get yourself get into positions of responsibility.

    SOME SPECIFIC SAFETY RULES


    1 The entry doors of the laboratory are to be kept wide open during a laboratory exercise, except by unanimous
    consent and competent assessment. Do not place or use furniture to obstruct the passages within the labs.
    2 The locations of the emergency exit doors, fire escape, shower, eye wash station, fire extinguisher and other safety
    equipment must be identified and known to all entering and using the lab.
    3 Bags and other materials belonging to the student, which are not required by the exercise, must be placed in an
    approved place.
    4 It is an offence to damage fire-fighting equipment or in any way impair their function. In particular, do not ring the
    fire alarm unless there is a fire or you are an authorized person in a fire drill.
    5 Do not throw anything in the fire bucket, especially combustible material like matchsticks, paper or cigarette ends.
    6 Smoking is prohibited in the lab.
    7 Do not enter the lab, storeroom or prep-room without the permission of the instructor or a lab technician.
    8 Do not remove chemicals or equipment from the lab. Do not bring unnecessary materials into the lab.
    9 Do not perform unauthorized experiments - follow the experimental instructions; consult the supervisor,
    10 Do not eat or drink in the lab.
    11 Do not smell or taste any chemical unless permitted to do so by a lab instructor.
    12 Wear your lab coat in a proper fashion to protect you and avoid accidents.
    13 Wear appropriate footwear, which would protect your feet from accidental spillages of corrosive liquids.
    14 Long hair should be tied back, out of the way of Bunsen flames, etc.
    15 Avoid lipstick and makeup - they may retain harmful (especially organic) vapours. Powders are generally inert.
    16 Inspect all apparatus before starting an experiment to ensure that your glassware is free of cracks.
    17 Do not hold reagent bottles by the neck; do not try to force the stopper off a bottle. If it is tight, ask for help.
    18 Label the containers on your bench - this will avoid accidental (possibly dangerous) reactions as well as help in
    the organization of your work. Do not forget to remove these labels at the end!
    19 Solutions that are to be discarded must be washed down the sink by copious amounts of tap water. Waste solid
    and organic solvents must be placed in appropriate containers and not poured down the sink.
    20 When lighting a Bunsen, ensure that the regulator is adjusted to the minimum, scratch the match, then turn on the
    gas supply. You may then adjust the regulator to give the desired flame.
    21 Keep flammable liquids away from a naked flame.
    22 When heating a test tube containing chemicals, do not point it towards yourself or anyone else.
    23 Use a safety pipette filler to apply suction when pipetting concentrated acids, concentrated bases,
    poisonous liquids/solutions (e.g. oxalic acid) and volatile liquids.
    23 Wash your hands after practical work.
    24 Work steadily without undue haste during any lab exercise.
    25 It is a good idea to find out the hazards associated with any chemical that you are required to use. You may refer to
    the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) available in the Department Library/Computer.

    FIRE DRILL

    A fire drill will be scheduled during one week in the semester.

    Occupants of the labs, its prep room, and the instrument room are to proceed in single file down the fire escape stairs,
    always keeping to the right.

    Occupants of the Biology labs are expected to be using the same exits, but keeping to the left. Only after one side of exit
    is finished is the other side allowed to use both sides, keeping in single file so the center is free.
    You are to keep going at least until you are no longer under the building. On no account are unauthorized persons permitted
    to congregate in passageways, entrances and exits. Further advice may be communicated depending on the situation. On
    exiting the building, all individuals must assemble on the lawns near the library for a head count.

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