Lab coats
- me
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Re: Lab coats
Have never used lab coats in any of the schools I've worked at.
- Loopy
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Re: Lab coats
Where necessary, we use disposable aprons.
Lou P.
Learner Lab Technician
Wagga Wagga
NSW
Learner Lab Technician
Wagga Wagga
NSW
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Re: Lab coats
It depends on the budget of the school. I've worked in three schools and two out of the three had lab coats. The third school used disposable ones very ocassionally.
- littltesttube
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Re: Lab coats
I have worked in three schools 2 have lab coats.
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Re: Lab coats
Hi,
We have them available in the uniform shop if anybody would like to purchase one. The year 11 and 12 Chemistry and Biology usually take up the offer but i don't think they are necessary for the other years.
shaz
We have them available in the uniform shop if anybody would like to purchase one. The year 11 and 12 Chemistry and Biology usually take up the offer but i don't think they are necessary for the other years.
shaz
Re: Lab coats
All schools I have worked at or know in my area either provide lab coats or it is part of the booklist. It is one of the science safety points taught...always wear a lab coat and safety glasses. One school I worked at went so far as to not allow students in the lab without a lab coat on. There reasoning is that you did not know what the previous classes had left spilt on the benches.
I think it is good practise.
I think it is good practise.
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For the schools that provide lab coats, how do you go about having them washed and how often are they washed?
Re: Lab coats
twice a year or as required, I wash them. i use the food tech washing machine and dryer.
Re: Lab coats
Our yr 11 and 12 chemistry and biology students buy individual lab coats for themselves from the uniform shop, and use them often. They take the coats with them when they leave the school. Other years have communal lab coats in the labs, and/or disposable aprons, but rarely use them. My washing regime is the same as superbug's, usually only once a year though.
Re: Lab coats
Wash once a term (sometimes once a semester depending on what's been going on first and third term). Some schools I have worked at got me to wash them on campus using school washer, others sent them out to be laundered with other school linen.