This document summarizes key aspects of laboratory safety, including general safety, fire safety, disaster management, ergonomics, personal protective equipment, biomedical waste management, spill management, and infection control practices. It discusses adhering to universal precautions when working in biosafety cabinets, properly collecting, segregating, storing, treating, transporting, and disposing of biomedical waste. The document also covers having standard operating procedures to manage infectious or chemical spills, different types of laboratory fires, and disasters like earthquakes, floods and power outages. Ergonomics like appropriate workstation heights and availability of rest areas are also mentioned.

1. Laboratory
safety
Laboratory safety (In brief)
By Dr Mayuri Rani

2. Types
General Safety
Fire safety
Disaster
management
Ergonomics

3. General safety
PPE
BMW
Spill management
Infection control
practices

4. PPE
Gown
Gloves
Mask
Shoe cover
Eye shields
Use of appropriate
Biosafety cabinets
Adherence to universal
precautions.

5. Biomedical
waste
manageme
nt
Registration and compliance with State pollution
control board guidelines
Proper
collection/segregation/storage/treatment/transportati
on/disposal of BMW
Use of registration waste collection agency
Adherence to recent BMW management guidelines

6. Spill
management
Infectious and
chemical spills
should be managed
as per written SOP
Use and display of
MSDS sheets in the
vicinity of storage

7. Infection control
practices
Hand hygiene
Vaccination of
Healthcare workers
against hepatitis B
and SARS Cov 2
Good housekeeping

8. Fire safety
Types of fire :A –wood and
paper B –Inflammable liquid
C – Electrical fire D – Involve
metals as in industrial fires
Use of fire extinguisher/ fire
alarms/assembly
areas/public addresal
systems/ water sprinkles

9. Disaster
management
Earthquake
Floods
Electrical outage
Mass casuality
Major chemical spill
Presence of SOP to
handle above external
and internal disasters

10. Ergonomic
s
Work place should be
designed so as to fit the job
with the workers not vice
versa
As appropriate height of
chairs
Presence of eye wash
stations and available rest
rooms and canteens etc