{"id":223,"date":"2015-11-02T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/temp.smartfantasyandscifi.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-03-10T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T19:51:10","slug":"check-you-are-being-safe-and-ethical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/2015\/11\/02\/check-you-are-being-safe-and-ethical\/","title":{"rendered":"Check You Are Being Safe and Ethical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you make a mistake that happens to be dangerous, then this is a tremendous source of stress, and could cause you and others potential harm.<\/p>\n<p>Although these occurrences are rare, it doesn\u2019t mean they won&#8217;t happen to you. They may not, but if they do then you will wish you thought about them beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>For each experiment you should do a risk assessment and think about what the potentially hazardous outcomes are. You don&#8217;t have to write an essay on it, but really bad things with small probabilities are worth thinking about beforehand. It reduces the risk of panic, which in turn reduces the risk of unpleasantness becoming disaster.<\/p>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d7454d1251d\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"See Wet Lab Examples\"    >See Wet Lab Examples<\/span><span id='swap-id69d7454d1251d'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Wet Lab Examples:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d7454d1251d\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large bottles (or small containers) of dangerous chemicals can spill or smash.<\/li>\n<li>Lasers and radiation can inflict various degrees of harm<\/li>\n<li>People or animals could be injured during experimentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d7454d12577\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"See Social Sciences and Dry Lab Info\"    >See Social Sciences and Dry Lab Info<\/span><span id='swap-id69d7454d12577'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Social Sciences and Dry Lab Info:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d7454d12577\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nIt is a mistake to assume that because you don\u2019t use obviously hazardous materials that this guideline does not apply to you. Safety and ethics boards may disagree with your assessment, and even if you think they&#8217;re wrong, they can cause you serious problems. <strong>Any research that involves other people requires approval. <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d7454d125a6\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Get Practical Tips\"    >Get Practical Tips<\/span><span id='swap-id69d7454d125a6'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Practical Tips:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d7454d125a6\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you are still not sure about something, ask. It sounds obvious, but people hate asking. You just have to do it. It isn&#8217;t rude or stupid, and if the person takes exception to your question then they are socially defective. Feel sorry for them, and ask someone else.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have taken all the courses necessary to meet the required safety and ethics standards. If you have somehow slipped through the gaps, this is not an achievement. You are a danger to yourself and others,\u00a0<strong>and a potential liability to the university<\/strong>. They won&#8217;t thank you for it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d7454d125ce\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Get Wet Lab Tips\"    >Get Wet Lab Tips<\/span><span id='swap-id69d7454d125ce'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Wet Lab Tips:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d7454d125ce\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you\u2019ve spilled or broken something dangerous, don&#8217;t hide it or rush to clean it up yourself. You may need to tell someone what you did and what you think the best course of action is.<\/li>\n<li>When you start working with a new chemical, look at the accompanying data sheets. Make sure you are aware of the associated hazards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69d7454d125f3\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Read Personal Perspective\"    >Read Personal Perspective<\/span><span id='swap-id69d7454d125f3'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Personal Perspective:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69d7454d125f3\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nI already had ethical approval for my project which involved getting members of the public to fill in a questionnaire about how they viewed politics. What I didn\u2019t realise was that I also needed ethical approval to stick up posters asking people to fill in the questionnaire. This had never struck me as unethical, but the ethics board saw potential problems and wanted me to safeguard the procedure. If I had put this in my original ethical approval I could have potentially saved the months I waited for them to get back to me.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-223 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='223' data-nonce='f8587c002c' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-223 lc'>+2<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-223 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='223' data-nonce='f8587c002c' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-223 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-223 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you make a mistake that happens to be dangerous, then this is a tremendous source of stress, and could cause you and others potential harm. Although these occurrences are rare, it doesn\u2019t mean they won&#8217;t happen to you. They may not, but if they do then you will wish you thought about them beforehand. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/2015\/11\/02\/check-you-are-being-safe-and-ethical\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Check You Are Being Safe and Ethical<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1374,"featured_media":410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work-safely-appropriately"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/fmspgrstudentguidelines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}