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When I discuss ways to improve lab safety in academia, I present parts of this review by @TrantTeam and @Shufflersunite. The paper discusses the current state of academic lab safety, supported by data (yay!), and concludes with stressing the need for
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nature.com/articles/s4155…
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nature.com/articles/s4155…
…Support from leadership in order to minimize future laboratory incidents in academia.
Some of my favorite (and most concerning) pieces of data discussed are:
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#chemtwitter #labsafety #chemsafety
Some of my favorite (and most concerning) pieces of data discussed are:
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#chemtwitter #labsafety #chemsafety
“In one survey from Nature and UCLA, 30% reported having witnessed a lab injury severe enough to warrant attention from a medical professional”
🤯 These incidents are rarely reported and could potentially be much larger
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🤯 These incidents are rarely reported and could potentially be much larger
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Let's talk about the 2016 University of Hawaii-Manoa lab explosion as a case study in #LabSafety practices.
A few of the photos will be marked sensitive because a postdoc lost an arm in the explosion & there's blood at the scene.
This story is a warning to all researchers.
A few of the photos will be marked sensitive because a postdoc lost an arm in the explosion & there's blood at the scene.
This story is a warning to all researchers.
The research lab studies bioremediation and biofuels: microbial cultures are fed 70% hydrogen, 25% O2 and 5% CO2 and coaxed into producing biofuel substrates.
This is the 49L steel tank containing the gas mixture. It has a valve that feeds the bioreactor.
This is the 49L steel tank containing the gas mixture. It has a valve that feeds the bioreactor.
You can see the bioreactor in the corner here, post-explosion, with the large yellow pressure gauge.
All of this, if you can't tell, is assembled from parts designed for similar, but not identical, applications.
That's the nature of research: novelty, adaptation.
All of this, if you can't tell, is assembled from parts designed for similar, but not identical, applications.
That's the nature of research: novelty, adaptation.
