What not to wear in the lab?

Answer 1

Answer 1, Partial answer

Until a professional can answer, this will be a basic generic answer.

Probably the most important DO NOT DO, is to ignore and break SAFETY RULES & PROCEDURES.

There is probably a very long list of non-safety items, but SAFETY should always be first.

Standard rules will include:

Do not eat, drink, smoke or chew gum.

Always wear eye protection

Answer 2- more general answers

Don't run around with equipment, acids, caustics, or just don't run around at all. Be careful when handling stuff, wear aprons/ gloves.


you can contaminate the experiment you are conducting. Second, the food can be mixed with the chemicals

Answer 2

If you were to wear any jewelry in the lab, it could distract you from perfoming your experiement. In result, it is possible to make easy mistakes, which will result in a saftely hazard. In addition, rings, for example, can make it harder for you to operate any machienery properly. In consequence, if you wear jewlwery, it is more difficult to perform any required tasks. Secondly, if you wear any lose jewelry, it is easy for it to become caught in any machienery used during the lab. The aftermath when then result in a possible safatey hazard, and/or suspended privlledges.

Answer 3

Contact lenses (because they could actually melt into your eyeball, no joke), loose or flapping clothing (could be caught on fire), high heels (could trip and fall, spill chemicals, or cut yourself), dangling jewelry (could also catch on fire,depending on the type of lab), and long hair should be pulled back (could catch on fire, get in chemicals, etc..

Answer 4

tie back long hair, remove dangling jewelery, wear close-toed shoes, wear goggles, and if necessary, an apron.

Answer 5

skirts, shorts, short sleeved shirts, etc.