If the student needs to be transported or accompanied, this will be done by the Campus Police, whose job it is, not by Biology staff, who risk liability. In the event of more serious injury Campus Police will be immediately contacted for assistance. A Campus phone is provided in the laboratory for this purpose. For any incident receiving professional medical attention, the instructor must notify the Biology Department Office. If the student does not return by the end of the lab period, the instructor will put the students equipment away, close the locker securely and place any personal property in the protection of Campus Police.
Many chemicals are toxic, flammable, explosive or corrosive.
It is not possible to remove every hazardous material from student experiments, nor even desirable, since this would prevent the students from learning how to deal with routine hazards, an important part of laboratory training. We make every effort to minimize certain hazards and to make students aware of any others and give supervision. However, for most compounds so little is known about toxicity and mutagenicity towards unborn children that we recommend that any woman who knows or suspects she is pregnant, or who is trying to become pregnant, postpone taking Biochemistry Laboratory. Please sign below, detach and hand-in to instructor. A successful laboratory exercise has two basic components.