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The Foundations of Laboratory Safety: A Guide for the Biomedical Laboratory

The Foundations of Laboratory Safety: A Guide for the Biomedical Laboratory

Rayburn, Stephen R.

Paperback

Series: Brock Springer Contemporary Bioscience

Medical ReferenceBiologyChemistry

ISBN10: 1461279658
ISBN13: 9781461279655
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 17 2011
Pages: 418
Weight: 1.66
Height: 0.89 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Safety is a word that has many connotations, of risk ofa possible accident that is acceptable conjuring up different meanings to different to one person- may not be acceptable to an- people. What is safety? A scientist views safety other. This may be one reason why skydiving as a consideration in the design of an exper- and mountain climbing are sports that are not iment. A manufacturing plant engineer looks as popular as are, say, boating or skiing. on safety as one of the necessary factors in But even activities that have high levels of developing a manufacturing process. A legis- potential risk can be engaged in safely. How lator is likely to see safety as an important part can we minimize risks so that they decrease of an environmental law. A governmental ad- to acceptable levels? We can do this by iden- ministrator may consider various safety issues tifying sources of hazards and by assessing the when reviewing the environmental conse- risks of accidents inherent to these hazards. quences of a proposed project. An attorney Most hazards that are faced in the laboratory may base a negligence suit on safety defects.

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