Bio-hazard Safety

9/30/2019 (Permalink)

Biohazardous materials require special safety precautions and procedures. Follow these guidelines when working with infectious agents:

Personal Hygiene Guidelines

• Wash your hands thoroughly, as indicated below:
• After working with any biohazard
• After removing gloves, laboratory coat, and other contaminated protective clothing
• Before eating, drinking, smoking, or applying cosmetics
• Before leaving the laboratory area
• Do not touch your face when handling biological material.
• Never eat, drink, smoke, or apply cosmetics in the work area.

Clothing Guidelines

• Always wear a wrap-around gown or scrub suit, gloves, and a surgical mask when working with infectious agents or infected animals.
• Wear gloves over gown cuffs.
• Never wear contact lenses around infectious agents.
• Do not wear potentially contaminated clothing outside the laboratory area.
• To remove contaminated clothing, follow these steps:
• Remove booties from the back.
• Remove head covering from the peak.
• Untie gown while wearing gloves.
• Remove gloves by peeling them from the inside out.
• Remove the gown by slipping your finger under the sleeve cuff of the gown.

https://www.fss.txstate.edu/ehsrm/safetymanual/biologic/genbioguid.html

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