Health and safety in the laboratory and field
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## Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Overview
  - 1 History of health and safety
  - 2 Legal requirements of health and safety in the UK
  - 3 Office safety
  - 4 First aid and emergency procedures
    - 4.1 First aid
    - 4.2 Why do I need to know about first aid?
  - 5 General laboratory health and safety
    - 5.1 Basic do's and don'ts and lone working
    - 5.2 Cryogenic liquids and ionising radiation safety
  - 6 Chemical health and safety
    - 6.1 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
    - 6.2 Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation
  - 7 Hazards, risk and the process of risk assessment
    - 7.1 Health problems associated with using chemicals
    - 7.2 Information sources
    - 7.3 Disposal requirements
    - 7.4 Emergency procedures
    - 7.5 Control measures
    - 7.6 Personal protective equipment
    - 7.7 Physical hazards
  - 8 Biological health and safety
    - 8.1 Syringes and sharps
    - 8.2 Working with bio-hazardous material (human material, microbiological agents, plant pathogens)
    - 8.3 Genetically modified material
  - 9 Field-work health and safety, UK and abroad
    - 9.1 Field-work risk assessment
    - 9.2 Other hazards
    - 9.3 Health
  - 10 Risk assessment exercise
- Conclusion
- Keep on learning
- Acknowledgements

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