(rest in peace, Gary) An avid gamer since I was sixteen, I dug out one of the oldest – and best – books on the subject, by the man himself: Re-reading it, I was struck by the following passage: However, … Continue reading Lab Management advice from Gary Gygax
Potassium can explode, corrode and start fires. Continue reading Potassium: the many ways it can kill you
There are times when a lab needs shutting down and securing, and then starting up again. With us it was due to a maintenance of the … Continue reading Lab Shut Down and Restart
Procedures don’t exist until you make them exist. Continue reading Internalizing and Externalizing Procedures
Decontamination of a spill victim – the old ‘Fifteen minutes under the shower, fifteen minutes in the eyewash’ – is a big factor in keeping people … Continue reading Dressing to Spill
The question of lab safety is how you get 100% safety out of 5% of the attention. This problem shows why long safety documents, instructions, inductions … Continue reading Four and One Pillars of Lab Safety
You don’t need to be stupid to do stupid Continue reading Why smart people do stupid things
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