Laboratory equipment can be dangerous if users are unaware of the potential safety hazard. Thus, we make sure our lab members know what’s happening in a machine (for example, electron current over 100v is running in a electrophoresis machine). Before the horseshoe crabs are saved, make sure no one is hurt.
Safety Considerations of our Project Design
Organisms:
We didn’t use any actual horseshoe crabs for our project and our work has been solely done solely on Bacteria E. Coli and Bacillus subtilis 3NA.
Lab Safety:
Although we don’t wear lab coat and goggles for most of the time, we do have some rules on attire. We wear closed-toed shoes and wash our hands when we are about to eat or leave the lab.
In additions, we don’t eat/drink on the bench, we clean up the bench after each day and we never stick our fingers into a running gel.