Laboratory Health and Safety Dictionary
Laboratory Health and Safety Dictionary
By W. Carl Gottschall and Douglas B. Walters.
Published by Wiley Interscience, 2001.
This is a 6" by 9" paperback running to 458 pages including four appendices, plus a brief preface.
The back of the book says,
Chemical health and safety are impacted by federal, state, and local regulations, notably the OSHA Laboratory Standard, and are of concern to a wide range of personnel. Laboratory Health and Safety Dictionary defines basic and essential terms, making it a core reference for experienced as well as novice health and safety professionals. It will also help people with limited understanding and/or varying backgrounds better understand the vocabulary that is encountered in the field.
This authoritative compendium of chemical and health and safety concepts contains approximately 2,500 entries covering the broad spectrum of health and safety issues including all essential elements of a chemical hygiene plan, safety procedures, chemical exposures, etc. Words, terms, and expressions are included that are found or referenced in documents and regulations such as OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard and the Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory Standard, Material Safety Data Sheets, Right-to-Know Legislation, and numerous other documents and lists of "hazardous" agents...
For a sense of the kind of terms defined, here is a list of the first sixteen entries in the "V" sequence:
kaolinosis A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of kaolin dust, usually a result of grinding, milling, or other operations.
hot zone The area in a hazardous waste operation where contamination occurs.
gavage Feeding by means of a tube inserted via the mouth and throat into the stomach.
enflourage The extraction of odorous components of flowers in the production of perfumes and essential oils.
rolfing Deep massage.
shall The word used to denote a requirement or regulation as opposed to a recommendation.
This is a handy book for anyone working in a chemical or biological laboratory.
By W. Carl Gottschall and Douglas B. Walters.
Published by Wiley Interscience, 2001.
This is a 6" by 9" paperback running to 458 pages including four appendices, plus a brief preface.
The back of the book says,
Chemical health and safety are impacted by federal, state, and local regulations, notably the OSHA Laboratory Standard, and are of concern to a wide range of personnel. Laboratory Health and Safety Dictionary defines basic and essential terms, making it a core reference for experienced as well as novice health and safety professionals. It will also help people with limited understanding and/or varying backgrounds better understand the vocabulary that is encountered in the field.
This authoritative compendium of chemical and health and safety concepts contains approximately 2,500 entries covering the broad spectrum of health and safety issues including all essential elements of a chemical hygiene plan, safety procedures, chemical exposures, etc. Words, terms, and expressions are included that are found or referenced in documents and regulations such as OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard and the Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory Standard, Material Safety Data Sheets, Right-to-Know Legislation, and numerous other documents and lists of "hazardous" agents...
For a sense of the kind of terms defined, here is a list of the first sixteen entries in the "V" sequence:
- V
- VA
- vaccine
- vacuum
- valence
- validation
- vanadium (V)
- van der Waals, Johannes Diderik
- van der Waals forces
- van't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus
- vapor
- vapor density
- vapor pressure (VP)
- variable
- variance
- Vaseline™
kaolinosis A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of kaolin dust, usually a result of grinding, milling, or other operations.
hot zone The area in a hazardous waste operation where contamination occurs.
gavage Feeding by means of a tube inserted via the mouth and throat into the stomach.
enflourage The extraction of odorous components of flowers in the production of perfumes and essential oils.
rolfing Deep massage.
shall The word used to denote a requirement or regulation as opposed to a recommendation.
This is a handy book for anyone working in a chemical or biological laboratory.