BIO SCI 194S Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sharps Waste, Bloodborne, Chemical Waste
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Which of the following instruments requires you test three times the background of the work area: Waste form bacteria, viruses, spores, or live vaccines. Contaminated cultures: you walk into the lab and notice that someone left a small spill of bio hazardous material on the floor. Inform people in the vicinity and limit access. Contact your pi and facilities management to clean the unknown spill. Not clean up any unknown substances: 55 gallons of standard chemical waste may be stored, hand washing and hand care is extremely important in your protection agains blood borne pathogens. Hbv: radiation follows the inverse square law, so by doubling your distance your reduce exposure by. 1/4: why should intranasal inoculations and other animal procedures be conducted in. The biosafety cabinet protects again the high potential for splashing or aerosols: when working in the lab one day you spill a small amount of radioactive material on the floor.