The Foundations of Laboratory Safety: A Guide for the Biomedical Laboratory

By Stephen R. Rayburn

Book Overview

Safety is a word that has many connotations, of risk ofa possible accident that is acceptable conjuring up different meanings to different to one person- may not be acceptable to an- people. What is safety? A scientist views safety other. This may be one reason why skydiving as a consideration in the design of an exper- and mountain climbing are sports that are not iment. A manufacturing plant engineer looks as popular as are, say, boating or skiing. on safety as one of the necessary factors in But even activities that have high levels of developing a manufacturing process. A legis- potential risk can be engaged in safely. How lator is likely to see safety as an important part can we minimize risks so that they decrease of an environmental law. A governmental ad- to acceptable levels? We can do this by iden- ministrator may consider various safety issues tifying sources of hazards and by assessing the when reviewing the environmental conse- risks of accidents inherent to these hazards. quences of a proposed project. An attorney Most hazards that are faced in the laboratory may base a negligence suit on safety defects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461279658
• ISBN13: 9781461279655
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"