CH 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paper Towel, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disinfectant
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Best safety tool you have is your mind. Wear old clothes that fully cover arms and legs. Tape it shut, wrap in paper towel, place in sealable plastic bag and discard materials: contaminated equipment immerse in small container of pure bleach for two hours. Wrap in paper towel, place in sealable plastic bag and throw away. If items are to be reused, wash with soap and warm water after applying bleach for two hours. Chemicals: acid splatter when water is added to concentrated acid, the water may cause acid to splash. Add acid slowly to water: chemical ingestion never taste, eat, or drink anything in the lab. Clean area well afterwards: chemical spills flesh burns may result if acids, bases or other caustic chemicals are spill and come in contact with skin. Flush exposed skin with gentle flow of water for several minutes. Use eyewash station if eye contact is involved.
