http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2014/11/lesson-learned-video-an-acid-spill-without-a-lab-coat/
Lesson learned video: An acid spill without a lab coat
â??I probably would not have thought to go to the hallway right away, if someone wasnâ??t there to point me in the direction. I probably would have run around the lab trying to remember where the shower is, knowing full well that there wasnâ??t one in there.â??
â??It was a freak accident in terms of it shouldnâ??t have shot out at me. But if I would have been wearing my lab coat, probably almost 99% chance it would have never contacted my skin, just wouldâ??ve had to get the lab coat off really quickly.â??
â??I remember in undergrad, it was a huge thing: Always wear your lab coat, thatâ??s what I was taught. It was definitely something I was taught here as well during training and all that. Itâ??s what I started doing. But as time went on and I looked at different people in lab and other labs, thereâ??s actually a number of people who donâ??t wear their lab coats, actually a much greater number than I was ever expecting, which is not something I was used to at all. So at times, especially during the summer when it got really hot, there was times when I knew what I was doing so I just wouldnâ??t put it on. I sweat very easily and that just made it worse. Itâ??s just one of the things. Especially at the end of the day, I just didnâ??t think to use my lab coat and I thought Iâ??d be really quick. But clearly no matter what Iâ??m doing in the lab I shouldâ??ve been wearing it, as everyone should.â??