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Safety Tips

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Suggestions on how to use Safety Tips created by the UC Center for Laboratory Safety

Fire

Know what to do and where to go before a fire occurs

Report a Fire

What to do when a fire occurred

Handling Glass

Precautions for inserting a glass rod or tube

Sharps

How to dispose of sharps

Defrosting

Precautions for defrosting freezers

Bleach

Bleach reactivity and incompatibilities

Liquid Nitrogen

Delivery system failure

Solvent Drums

How to dispose of them

Nitric Acid

Incidents involving nitric acid

Unknown Chemicals

How to avoid generating them