Laboratory safety and protocol

COURSE CURRICULUM

1.

Course title

SAFETY AND PROTOCOL IN LABORATORY

2.

Code

HM-110

3.

Study curriculum

All chemistry study programs

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
Institute of Chemistry

5.

Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

6.

Academic year/semester

I/I

7.

ECTS points

4

8.

Lecturer

PhD Professor Miha Bukleski
PhD Professor Jane Bogdanov

9.

Prerequisites

None

10.

Course objectives (competences):
The aim of this subject is for the student to become familiar with and adhere to the basic safety rules in a chemical laboratory. The material covers safety measures, behavior in the chemical laboratory, proper handling of various types of chemicals, and their appropriate treatment after the experiment is completed. Upon completion of the course, the student will be trained to responsibly approach work in a chemical laboratory and will know how to act preventively to protect themselves and others from risky situations.

11.

Course content:
General rules of conduct in the chemical laboratory. Laboratory etiquette.
Personal protective equipment (safety glasses, laboratory coat, appropriate clothes and shoes, use of gloves, use of a fume hood). Laboratory protocol (visitors, maintenance and cleaning of the laboratory, washing of glassware, harmful chemicals inhalation, distillations, extractions, treatment of generated chemical waste - general rules, leaving chemical reactions and equipment unattended). Laboratory hazard guide - classification of hazardous chemicals working with flammable substances, working with corrosive substances, working with hazardous substances, working with potentially explosive substances. Properties of chemicals – labeling, safety data sheets (SDS) reading, interpretation, and learning from them. Specific examples of hazardous and toxic substances (strong bases and acids, mercury, cyanides, organic peroxides, and compounds that form peroxides). Chemical (in)compatibility. Proper handling of selected laboratory equipment and chemicals. Safety equipment and procedures in emergencies (Emergency procedures). Fires (fire prevention, appropriate response and extinguishing of fires). Reporting and treatment of chemical spills.

12.

Teaching methods: lectures, exercises, project tasks

13.

Total available time

90 hours

14.

Time distribution

2+1+0 hours per week (lectures 30 hours, auditorium exercises 15 hours)

15.

Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Lectures - theoretical teaching

30 hours

15.2.

Exercises, seminars, team work

15 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects tasks

15 hours

16.2.

Independent work

15 hours

16.3.

Homework

15 hours

17.

Grading methods

17.1.

Tests (1 colloquium + final cumulative exam)

70 points

17.2.

Project (practical presentation on laboratory safety)

10 points

17.3.

Activity, participation, results of exercises

20 points

18.

Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

19.

Criteria for taking the final exam

Attendance at lectures and completed exercises

20.

Course language

Macedonian

21.

Teaching quality control

anonymous survey, conversation with students

22.

Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Young, Jay A., editor

SAFETY IN ACADEMIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES. Accident prevention for College and University students 7^th ed.

ACS Joint Board Committee on Chemical Safety, Washington DC

2003

2.

https://chem.duke.edu/about/safety-manual

Duke University

3.

Williamson, K. A, Minard, R., Masters, K. M.

Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA

2007

4.

Jane Bogdanov,

Bogdan Bogdanov

ПРАКТИКУМ ПО ОРГАНСКА ХЕМИЈА СО КВАЛИТАТИВНА АНАЛИЗА, ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТИ СО СТАНДАРДНА И МИКРОСКАЛА. Translation from english. Bell C. E.; Taber D. F.; Clark A. K. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS: STANDARD AND MICROSCALE,

S3^rd edition, Harcourt College Publishers: Orlando,

2006

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

EPA

EPA’s CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY CHART

1990

2.

HARVARD DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY-LAB SAFETY MANUAL

Harvard University

2012