Video Resource Library

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Laboratory

Assessing Risks of Toxic Chemicals

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997)
Time: 11 minutes #VLLS009 (V)
Promotes sensible risk assessment and stresses planning, mentoring, and being informed. The video tells how to determine a chemical's inherent toxicity and provides an understanding of acute chronic toxicity. Dose, duration and frequency, and potential routes of exposure are reviewed.

Chemical Hazards

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Time: 10 minutes #VLLS001 (V)
Features the protocols phenol-chloroform extraction and ethanol precipitation. The video demonstrates the safety principles that apply to working with hazardous chemicals such as phenol, tris hydrochloride, chloroform, sodium acetate, and ethanol.

Chemical Storage Hazards

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1995)
Time: 11 minutes #VLLS002 (V)
Reviews the basic principles of safe chemical storage. The video addresses organic and inorganic chemicals, acids, bases, flammables, toxins, caustics, oxidizers, and corrosives and offers guidance for storing chemicals safely in a typical research laboratory.

Emergency Response

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Time: 12 minutes #VLLS003 (V)
Stresses preparation and training. The video addresses fire safety and emergencies involving personal injuries and includes demonstrations on the proper cleanup of spills involving radioactive materials, chemicals, and biological agents.

Glassware Washing Hazards

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1995)
Time: 10 minutes #VLLS004 (V)
Demonstrates skillful glassware washing and sterilization techniques. The video stresses the importance of proper glassware washing to good science, promotes the use of personal protective equipment, and encourages teamwork and good work habits.

Laboratory Chemical Safety

Coastal (1990)
Time: 21 minutes #VLLS006 (V)
Covers some of the chief hazards for the lab tech profession and how to identify these hazards, which will allow them to perform their job safely.

Laboratory Safety: The Finer Points

Coastal (2001, 2004)
Time: 17 minutes #VLLS010 (D)
Featuring the training content of Coastal's Lab Safety: The Finer Points video, this will refresh seasoned laboratory employees on the safety techniques and general procedures they may have forgotten since their initial training. Based on OSHA 1910.1450.

Lab Safety: Under the Hood

Coastal (1998)
Time: 18 minutes #VLLS005 (B) (V)
When working with chemicals in the lab, you should understand the hazards, follow safe work practices, and know how to protect yourself during normal operations and in emergency situations.

OSHA Laboratory Standard: An Overview

BNA Communications, Inc. (1991)
Time: 8 minutes #VLLS007 (B) (V)

Practicing Safe Science

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1992)
Time: 29:10 minutes #VLLS008 (V)
Safety instruction is presented in a lively and challenging way. Chemical, physical, radiological, and biological hazards in the molecular biology laboratory are addressed through re-enactments of actual laboratory accidents and demonstrations of good safety techniques. A significant message in the video is the importance of good work habits and consideration for others.