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This seems to be a topic that gets everyone interested. I am a bit confused however. I attended a chemical safety course where they told us you should do a risk assessment for every prac. The teachers at my school thought this was a joke! I then attended a lab attendants network meeting where the Sc...

Thanks for all your help with this. I am still not sure what we are going to do but it has been great to get all your ideas and information.

Helen

WE currently have a flammable liquids cupboard with no vent. Every time you open the door you get a face full of fumes. We are looking at buying a cupboard with vents but I was told you cant have it venting into a room with other chemicals stored. We only have one chem store. We then looked at havin...

Thanks for that Judy.
The Vertex one I was looking at is not reverse osmosis and produces 1 litre per minute so is quick. I don't actually understand the difference between the reverse osmosis ones and the others. Can you explain this to me?
Thanks for your help. Helen

We are looking at buying a water deioniser to replace our water still. Does anyone have the Focus WL450 model? It is quite a bit cheaper than the Vertex one available so I just wanted to know if it is OK.
Thanks Helen

I use the unitrays that you use for storing dropper bottles for making the agar cubes. Just fill the tray to the depth required. The teachers have been very happy with this.
Helen

Dear Robert,
Thanks for that info. I thought I would have to list them somehow under the chemicals contained in each - so that makes it much easier.
Thanks again for your help.

Helen

We have recently been audited and despite having the chemical register up to date for the science chemicals we failed the audit because we did not have the liquid paper, detergent, white board cleaner etc listed. I was using the register at the back of the CSIS book. Where do I list items such as th...