Do’s & Don’ts in the Pharmacy Laboratories- A Student Guideline

1. Enter the laboratory at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time and check your working place for Burner tubing, Glassware etc., before the commencement of the experiment.
2. Enter the Laboratory with -
   1. Clean lab apron
   2. Proper foot wear
   3. Calibrated fractional weight box
   4. Lab Napkin
   5. Scissors
   6. Butter paper & Label papers
   7. Match box
   8. Glue stick
   9. Sketch pens
   10. Pen
   11. Pencil
   12. Scale
   13. Eraser
   14. Sharpener
   15. Lab Manual
   16. Lab Observation Note Book
   17. Nose mask
   18. Glove
3. Come prepared to the laboratory for synopsis and experimental details in first 15-20 minutes and plan your experimental work properly before you start the experiment.
4. Do the experiment, neatly as per the given experimental procedure in the allotted place, and return thoroughly washed glassware after finishing the practical.
5. Wear mask in the laboratory if necessary.
6. Use analytical balance properly and clean after weighing.
7. Handle the corrosive chemicals, inflammable solvents, acids, etc with utmost care.
8. Use the chemicals / drugs / given solutions very economically without any wastage, unused chemicals / reagents / drugs / given solutions, must be returned to the laboratory staff. Use separate spatulas & pipettes for each chemical / reagent.
9. Record your experimental observations and logically conclude your inferences.
10. Discard any waste material / chemicals as per the instructions but do not throw any waste material, paper, glass pieces, cotton plugs etc, in the lab sink.
11. Do not leave the Laboratory without obtaining the lecturer’s signature in you observation book or lab manual.
12. Clean your workspace, close gas taps and water taps and switch off all electrical connections before leaving the laboratory.
13. Be polite and co-operative with the laboratory staff.
14. All students must maintain decency, decorum and discipline in the laboratory.
15. Violation of the above rules invites disciplinary action.
16. Don’t eat any items inside the laboratory.
17. Exhaust fan may be utilized effectively if necessary.