Prudent practices in the laboratory

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Chapter 4 provides specific guidelines for evaluating the hazards and assessing the. Prudent practices deals with both general laboratory safety and many types of chemical hazards, while the laboratory standard is concerned primarily with chemical health hazards as a result of chemical exposures. Chapters 2, 3, and 10 cover administrative and organizational. Working with chemicals prudent practices in the laboratory. Prudent practices for disposal of chemicals from laboratories. Culture of laboratory safety, environmental health and safety management system, emergency planning, evaluating hazards and assessing risks in the laboratory, management of chemicals. Practices 1981 and prudent practices 1983, for wide international use. Laboratory health and safety risks arise from both the chemical and physical hazards of your work and the work being done by others in the lab. Eric ed2262 prudent practices for handling hazardous. Committee on prudent practices in the laboratory prudent practices in the laboratory the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practicenow features updates and new topics. Prudent practices in the laboratory will continue to serve as the leading source of chemical safety guidelines for people working with laboratory chemicals.

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