Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:33:39 -0500
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From: Kristi Ohr <kohr**At_Symbol_Here**AMHERST.EDU>
Subject: Re: GLOVES IN STUDENT LABS
I couldn't
agree more with Mubetcel. You can get a box of 100 vinyl
gloves from Airgas for about $3.50, and that's really all most freshman
and physical chemistry labs would need. Tack it onto the
kids' lab fees if it's that much of a hardship.
You can save the more
expensive nitrile and latex for the courses that would actually need
them (i.e., organic, inorganic, maybe biochem depending on the
labs). And again, if you can't swing the cost, charge the kids for
a box of gloves each semester as part of their lab fee.
Kristi
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behalf of Moorefield, Mubetcel
Sent: Mon 3/8/2010 7:43
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L]
GLOVES IN STUDENT LABS
I am surprised to see there is
even a discussion of whether to ask the students to wear gloves or
not. That is probably why even the chemists who graduate with PhD
in chemistry have hard time following those simple
safety rules when they get a job in the
industry.
As teaching profession, I would
expect you to teach my child how to be safe in a lab as well as how to
set up a reaction. It should be part of the teaching
curriculum. I am pretty sure you are teaching them not to pour
hazardous chemicals down the drain so the environment doesn't get
hurt. Why would you question if it is necessary to teach
them not to hurt themselves? Discussion of recovering the cost
should be a separate issue.
Mubetcel
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As the staff of the Chemistry &
Biochemistry Teaching Labs, we have been asked to propose ideas for
saving money, as budgets are only getting tighter over the next few
years. One idea proposed is that we stop providing gloves ad lib. to
students, but have them buy & bring their own. We currently supply
either nitrile or PVC examination (thin, single-use) gloves in our labs.
Do you provide/require gloves for student
labs?
Sheila
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Sheila M. Kennedy, CHO
Safety
Coordinator
Chemistry & Biochemistry Teaching
Laboratories
University of California, San Diego
(858) 534-0221
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