Laboratory accident

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  • The most common laboratory accident is probably the cut received while attempting to force a cork or rubber stopper onto a piece of glass tubing, a thermometer, or the side-arm of a distilling flask.
  • The possibility that a SARS outbreak could occur following a laboratory accident is a risk of considerable importance, given the relatively large number of laboratories currently conducting research using the SARS-CoV or retaining specimens from SARS patients.
  • While a total prevention is impossible, being prepared in the event of an unexpected laboratory accident is the responsibility of each person using the room.
  • Take a look at this warning from the World Health Organization: World Health Organization Biosafety Guidelines for Handling SARS: "The possibility that a SARS outbreak could occur following a laboratory accident is a risk of considerable importance .
  • Usually, a laboratory accident is an event that causes injury because of human error or machine or tool failure.

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