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Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. S. B. Pal

    1. Abteilung für Innere Medizin I, Universität Ulm, Ulm (Donau), Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Organizing the Design of a Safe Laboratory

    • J. R. Robb
    Pages 1-12

  3. Electrical Safety Measures and Standards for Laboratory Facilities and Equipment in Hospitals

    • E. J. Slater, D. Whelpton
    Pages 13-40

  4. Design of Mechanical Equipment for Laboratory Staff and Patient Safety

    • P. Bowker
    Pages 41-49

  5. Handling of Laboratory Animals — Including Non-human Primates

    • T. Pendry
    Pages 51-70

  6. Health Care of Laboratory Personnel

    • A. E. Wright
    Pages 71-90

  7. Responsibilities of the Director of Laboratory Medicine for Health and Safety Issues in the Laboratory

    • I. D. Montoya
    Pages 91-99

  8. Health and Safety Hazards and Precautions in Chemical Laboratories

    • G. E. Chivers
    Pages 101-138

  9. Safety Measures to be Taken in a Haematological Laboratory

    • W. L. Ruff
    Pages 139-157

  10. Health Hazards in Microbiology

    • C. H. Collins
    Pages 159-188

  11. Safety Measures in a Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

    • J. H. Smith
    Pages 189-213

  12. Safety Precautions in a Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory

    • B. Czepulkowski
    Pages 215-232

  13. Safety Measures to be Taken in a Botany Laboratory

    • M. P. Ramanujam
    Pages 233-255

  14. Safety Measures to be Taken in a Zoology Laboratory

    • C. M. Chaturvedi
    Pages 257-280

  15. X-ray Hazards — Diagnostic and Therapeutic

    • R. G. Putney, N. W. Garvie
    Pages 281-313

  16. Precautions to be Taken when Working in an X-ray Crystallography Laboratory

    • M. J. Minski, R. S. Osborn
    Pages 315-326

  17. Radiation Protection in Radionuclide Investigations

    • D. M. Taylor
    Pages 327-348

  18. Ultraviolet Radiation Safety

    • B. L. Diffey
    Pages 349-396

  19. Hazards of Using Microwaves and Radiofrequency Radiation

    • H. Moseley
    Pages 397-426

  20. Applications of Ultrasound and their Potential Hazards

    • A. R. Williams
    Pages 427-455
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About this book

During the past two decades, many books, governmental reports and regu­ lations on safety measures against chemieals, fire, microbiological and radioactive hazards in laboratories have been published from various coun­ tries. These topics have also been briefly discussed in books on laboratory planning and management. The application ofvarious scientific instruments based on different ionizing and non-ionizing radiations have brought new safety problems to the laboratory workers of today, irrespective of their scientific disciplines, be they medicine, natural or life sciences. However, no comprehensive laboratory handbook dealing with aIl these hazards, some of which are recently introduced, had so far been available in a single volume. Therefore, it was thought worthwhile to publish this Handbook on safety and health measures for laboratories, with contributions from several experts on these subjects. As this second edition of the Handbook, like the first edition, is a multiauthor volume, some duplication in conte nt among chapters is unavoidable in order to maintain the context of a chapter as weIl as make each chapter complete. An attempt has also been made to maintain the central theme, which is how to work in a laboratory with maximum possible environmental safety.

Reviews

From reviews of the first edition:
`... will surely become the standard reference for laboratory directors in all disciplines.'
Occupational Safety and Health
`... aimed at anyone working in a laboratory of any scientific discipline, scientists (basic and medical) and laboratory safety officers.'
Trends in Biochemical Science
`An excellent reference book which should be on the shelf of anyone with responsibility for laboratory health and safety measures.'
The Biologist

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung für Innere Medizin I, Universität Ulm, Ulm (Donau), Federal Republic of Germany

    S. B. Pal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures

  • Editors: S. B. Pal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7897-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7462-0077-3Published: 31 January 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4032-9Published: 19 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7897-4Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XX, 568

  • Topics: Laboratory Medicine

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