Instrument list

What are the 20 common laboratory apparatus and their uses?

• Microscope. A microscope is a popular piece of lab equipment used to observe things that are too small and are not visible to the naked human eye.
• Watch glass.
• Crucible.
• Volumetric flasks.
• Beakers.
• Bunsen burner.
• Spatula.
• Magnifying glass.

A List of Chemistry Laboratory Apparatus and Their Uses

• Safety goggles and safety equipment.
• Beakers.
• Erlenmeyer flasks, AKA conical flasks.
• Florence flasks, AKA boiling flasks.
• Test tubes, tongs, and racks.
• Watch glasses.
• Crucibles.
• Funnels.

Laboratory Types

• Analytical and Quality Laboratories.
• Biosafety Laboratories.
• Cleanrooms.
• Clinical and Medical Laboratories.
• Incubator Laboratories.
• Production Laboratories.
• Research & Development (R&D) Laboratories.

Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) is the highest level of biosafety precautions, and is appropriate for work with agents that could easily be aerosol-transmitted within the laboratory and cause severe to fatal disease in humans for which there are no available vaccines or treatments.

Biohazard Level 4 usually includes dangerous viruses like Ebola, Marburg virus, Lassa fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and many other hemorrhagic viruses found in the tropics.

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BSL-2 laboratories are used to study moderate-risk infectious agents or toxins that pose a moderate danger if accidentally inhaled, swallowed, or exposed to the skin. Design requirements for BSL-2 laboratories include hand washing sinks, eye washing stations, and doors that close and lock automatically.

Containment level 2 (CL 2) is used for work with medium risk biological agents and hazards, genetically modified organisms, animals and plants.

BSL-4 builds upon the containment requirements of BSL-3 and is the highest level of biological safety. There are a small number of BSL-4 labs in the United States and around the world. The microbes in a BSL-4 lab are dangerous and exotic, posing a high risk of aerosol-transmitted infections.

Respective surveys showed 29210 and >60011 operational BSL-3 laboratories. In 2007, 1,356 BSL-3 laboratories were registered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture (APHIS-USDA) for select agent research.

The Biosafety level three facility (BSL-3) is a containment facility located in the Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) Building, IISc Campus, Bangalore for carrying out associated research activities involving airborne pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and other human pathogens including HIV …

Common requirements in a BSL-3 laboratory include:

1. Standard personal protective equipment must be worn, and respirators might be required.
2. Solid-front wraparound gowns, scrub suits or coveralls are often required.
3. All work with microbes must be performed within an appropriate BSC.

Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) laboratories involve research using agents that are associated with serious or lethal human disease for which preventative or therapeutic treatments may be available.

The main difference in the work procedures followed in a BSL-1 laboratory and a BSL-2 laboratory is that employees in a BSL-2 laboratory will use a BSC as a primary barrier for potentially hazardous aerosols.

This facility allows our researchers to work on microbes and infectious agents that can cause serious or potentially lethal disease through inhalation, such as yellow fever, West Nile virus, chikungunya, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

As the highest level of biological safety, a BSL-4 lab consists of work with highly dangerous and exotic microbes. Infections caused by these types of microbes are frequently fatal, and come without treatment or vaccines. Two examples of such microbes include Ebola and Marburg viruses.

The Containment level 3 facility (CL3) is used for the isolation and identification of Category 3 pathogens, and a select number of Category 2 pathogens that may pose a risk to the laboratory staff handling them.

physical containment. (Science: cell culture) Creation of physical barriers to keep genetically engineered organisms inside the laboratory.

Physical contamination occurs when physical objects contaminate food. Common physical contaminants include hair, glass, metal, pests, jewellery, dirt and fake nails.

The purpose of containment is to reduce exposure of laboratory workers and other persons to, and to prevent escape into the outside environment of, potentially hazardous agents. The three elements of containment include laboratory practice and technique, safety equipment, and facility design.

Some teams use Risk Group 2 organisms. Risk Group 1 organisms do not cause disease in healthy adult humans. Risk Group 2 organisms can cause disease in humans, but the disease is treatable or preventable. Risk Group 3 organisms cause serious disease in humans.

Animal pathogens are classified by SAPO into four hazard groups (HG 1 – 4) according to these criteria.

• Ability to cause infection.
• Severity of the disease that may result.
• Risk that infection will spread to the population.
• Risk of damage to the environment or economic loss.

These lists are not exhaustive, and microorganisms are generally classified as follows:

• Risk Group 1 (RG1): Low individual and low community risk.
• Risk Group 2 (RG2): Moderate individual risk, limited community risk.
• Risk Group 3 (RG3): High individual risk, limited/moderate community risk.

Biological Agents are classified in the Code of Practice to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations 2013 and 2020, into four risk groups – groups 1, 2, 3 and 4. The classification system is based on whether: The agent is pathogenic to humans. The agent is a hazard to employees.

There are three major hazard groups:

• Physical hazards.
• Health hazards.
• Environmental hazards.

Types of biological hazards

• viruses.
• toxins from biological sources.
• spores.
• fungi.
• pathogenic micro-organisms.
• bio-active substances.