Wear Your PPE
dress for the lab like a pro!
hair
- Tie your hair back to keep it out of a flame or chemicals!
- Put away any dangling jewelry!
goggles
- Keep chemicals or broken glassware out of your eyes!
- Keep goggles over eyes and not on top of head or around neck!
- No! Regular glasses aren't good enough!
sleeves
- Sleeves should cover shoulders and be loose enough for movement, but not loose enough to dangle!
- Long sleeves may need to be rolled up!
gloves
- Gloves protect your hands!
- Choose the right gloves for the right setting!
- Polyethylene, latex, neoprene, or rubber for general protection
- Nitrile for protection against corrosives and some organics
- Butyl rubber for protection against some organics
- Thick cloth, Zetex, or autoclave for handling hot objects
long pants
- Pants should completely cover the legs!
- No shorts or capri length pants in lab!
- No holes or exposed skin!
and always, always have closed toed shoes
- Protect those toes from falling chemicals and glassware!