Crucial Steps for Accurate and Safe Laboratory Work
- Keep your area clean.
- Document everything. Write it down. If you didn’t write it down, it didn’t happen.
- Read the instructions. Read them again before you start.
- Write legibly.
- Wash twice. Rinse three times. Seven is even better.
- Keep the person next to you safe. And the one that will be after you.
- Wear your PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) items such as eye protection, lab coat, gloves, etc.
- Read the label. Twice.
- Never put aliquots back in the container.
- A mistake is OK. Covering it up is not.