Electrical Safety of Laboratory Equipment

Abstract

Many laboratories include many electrical-laboratory devices and involve specific risks, and preventing accidents in the laboratory requires high care and constant vigilance for these electrical devices, organisms and their toxins. Procedures to guard against laboratory accidents include safety education or training, establishment of safety policies in the laboratory, safety checks of experimental designs, use of personal protective equipment, and a buddy system for specified hazardous operations. Laboratory work in many countries is subject to equipment safety laws. In some cases, laboratory activities can create environmental health hazards as a result of equipment hazards and misuse, for example, deliberate disposal or misuse of equipment and accidental toxic or infectious substances from the laboratory into the environment.