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Subject: Re: Abbreviations
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:08:21 -0600
Author: Alan Hall
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:50:27 -0700
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From: Eric Clark <erclark**At_Symbol_Here**PH.LACOUNTY.GOV>
Subject: Re: Abbreviations
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Good point, Bradley. The firemen who inspected the lab recently wanted an
NFPA fire diamond with "0,0,0" on the 600-gallon DI water tank, I can
understand that. Of course they don't care about the DI wash bottles on
the bench (although they did notice the one that was labeled HIV - for the
lab section).
Our Chemical Hygiene Plan has a list of lab-specific acronyms and
abbreviations right up front. But that still doesn't really solve that
shorthand labeling problem we see from time to time. [But then everyone
in the lab seems to know what a container that's labeled "128" is, right?
(it's vesphene diluted down 1:128).] Thanks to this discussion string,
I'll be creating reagent-specific label templates for things we make up
all the time - like the profiled hazardous waste streams. It's a complex
field folks. (Hope you don't mind that I used a few undefined acronyms.)
http://www.acronymslist.com/
Top Five:
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Eric Clark, MS, CCHO, CHMM
Safety & Compliance Officer
Los Angeles County Public Health Lab
>>> Bradley Harris 4/2/2010 8:15 AM >>>
Using Abbreviations should be dependent on several items, including hazard
levels, and the amount of chemical. For example, a small container with
non hazardous chemicals used in a small laboratory could have an abbreviati
on. If there is a gallon, or 55 gallons of the same chemical the
container should have a full label.
teaching abbreviations in school seems to undermine the information given
from the full chemical name.
Brad
On Apr 1, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Alan Hall wrote:
> Use simple chemical formulas: NaCN, KCN, Ca2Cn2, etc, I won't argue:
use abbreviations that might kill somebody, BAD idea.
>
> Whoever has to walk into a HAZMAT incident doesn't have time to look for
a bunch of abbreviations. Lives may be on the line. The AHLS Course
stresses some of that. Those who have not worn Level A or Level B might
consider that others have and will continue to due so. Bad labels, some
of us might be invoked, whether needed or not.
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> Alan
> ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**msn.com
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> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:50:48 -0400
> From: JAKSAFETY**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Abbreviations
> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
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> One of the major problems is going to be distinguishing TLAs from FLAs.
... Jim
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