Science

• Personal Protective Equipment


  Equipment used to protect the user from hazards and risks
• Personal Protective Equipment on a student

  • Goggles
  • Face mask
  • Gloves
  • Lab coat
  • Safety shoes
• Goggles


  • Protect the eyes from hazardous chemical substances
• Face mask


  • Protects the nose and mouth from inhaling pungent and volatile chemical substances and dust
• Gloves


  • Protect hands from hazardous chemical substances
• Lab coat


  • Protects clothing from damage
• Safety shoes


  • Protect the feet from chemical substance spills and glass splinters
• Personal Protective Equipment in the laboratory

  • Laminar flow cabinet
  • Fume chamber
  • Safety shower
  • Eyewash station
• Laminar flow cabinet


  • Used to avoid contamination when microbiological activities are carried out
• Fume chamber


  • Used to carry out experiments that use substances that are volatile, flammable, poisonous, corrosive or pungent
• Safety shower


  • Used to immediately clean and rinse parts of the body or clothing that have come into contact with chemical substances
• Eyewash station


  • Used to immediately rinse and wash the eye that has come into contact with chemical substances