Practical training
Practice-orientated seminar for laboratory users—Introduction to the laboratory
Neglecting the most basic procedures in the laboratory can derail experiments and present a risk to health and safety. Lidia Montero, an Applied Analytical Chemistry expert from Germany, will hold a practice-orientated seminar for lab users at analytica Lab Africa.
This workshop is a mixture of presentations and a practical section for visitors. It gives an overview of the basic but very important methods of working in a laboratory.
Speaker |
Lidia Montero, Ph.D. |
Dates |
9, 10 and 11 July 2019 |
Times |
Tuesday, 10:00-10:45 and 13:50-14:35 Wednesday, 10:00-10:45 and 13:25-14:10 Thursday, 10:00-10:45 and 13:25-14:10 |
Topics of this hands-on workshop:
• Wearing protective clothing
• Selecting, using and taking off gloves and disposable gloves
• Hygiene in the laboratory, washing / cleaning hands, applying cream
• Labeling chemicals / samples
• Storing chemicals, paying attention to sorting
• Disposing of chemicals, broken glass, tubes, needles, etc.
• Using fume hoods
• Various types of water
• Pipetting, from glass pipettes to Pasteur pipettes
• Waste