At all times while in the laboratory, wear a knee length, long sleeve lab coat. The lab coat must be kept buttoned, snapped or tied shut. Remove this lab coat even when leaving the laboratory for brief periods of time. Store the lab coat in the drawer above your microscope. Do not wear loose or dangle-like jewelry, scarves or ties, as they may fall into a bunsen burner, onto a culture plate or into specimens or reagents.
Papers are to be placed on the pull-out shelf.
Papers should never be placed on the bench top where they may be contaminated by cultures. When working with specimens under the biological safety hood, it is necessary to wear gloves in addition to the lab coat. The gloves are considered contaminated after such use, so immediately after working under the hood, remove and discard the gloves in the lidded trash cans lined with biohazard bags. While working with the biological safety hood do not touch anything outside of the hood with your gloves as the gloves will contaminate whatever you touch. This includes paper work, bench tops, pens, pencils, etc.