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What does "MSDS" stand for? and how can it be useful in Laboratory work?

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Question added by Lubna Al-Sharif , Medical Laboratory Technician , Nablus Specailized Hospital
Date Posted: 2013/05/27
Abdulfattah Hussein Saleh Zolait
by Abdulfattah Hussein Saleh Zolait , Head of the laboratory , The Ministry of Public Health and Population

 

Is a paper in which safety warnings and instructions to the chemical and how to use them in the laboratory

 

Arshed Elfky
by Arshed Elfky , Tender Engineer (Pre-qualification & Proposal Engineer) , SHBC

MSDS means Materials Safety Data Sheet and outlines critical information regarding goods or substances that may be hazerdous or dangerous.
It summarizes the health and safety effects that may result from exposure to the chemical or hazerdous material.
The MSDS should contain more than just the lable and should include significant physical hazards that may arise for example, fire, explosion or reactivity, healthy hazards that may be relevant, procedures for emergency and first aid and preparation date and subsequent changes to the MSDS.
Source : Ask.com

MSDS refers to material safety data sheets. They are the most important part of every science laboratory. It include all the information and knowledge to handle the laboratory chemicals and other hazardous materials properly.

 

Tanseer Asghar
by Tanseer Asghar , Assistant Manager , Packages Limited

MSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheet

Bilal Alkhizzi
by Bilal Alkhizzi , Administrative Manager , Itqan Medical Center

Each chemical has a material safety data sheet (MSDS) that lists its hazards.

Vahid Baeghbali
by Vahid Baeghbali , Postdoc Research Associate , Shiraz University

A material safety data sheet (MSDS), safety data sheet (SDS), or product safety data sheet (PSDS) is an important component of product stewardship and occupational safety and health. It is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures. MSDS formats can vary from source to source within a country depending on national requirements.

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