I havent seen anyone bring up almost standard abbriviations such as MeOH, EtOH, PtOH (phenoxytol for those in food, cosmetics etc). Personally I think those are excessive, they are so close to periodic table "lingo" that I don't see the shortcut going from CH3OH to MeOH. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Eric Clarkwrote: > Good point, Bradley. =A0The firemen who inspected the lab recently wanted an NFPA fire diamond with "0,0,0" on the 600-gallon DI water tank, I can u nderstand that. =A0Of course they don't care about the DI wash bottles on t he bench (although they did notice the one that was labeled HIV - for the l ab section). > Our Chemical Hygiene Plan has a list of lab-specific acronyms and abbrevi ations right up front. =A0But that still doesn't really solve that shorthan d labeling problem we see from time to time. =A0[But then everyone in the l ab seems to know what a container that's labeled "128" is, right? (it's ves phene diluted down 1:128).] =A0Thanks to this discussion string, I'll be cr eating reagent-specific label templates for things we make up all the time - like the profiled hazardous waste streams. =A0It's a complex field folks. =A0(Hope you don't mind that I used a few undefined acronyms.) > =A0http://www.acronymslist.com/ > Top Five: > Chemistry Acronyms (14383) > NASA Acronyms (8940) > Uncategorized Acronyms (5754) > Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms (4622) > Text Language Acronyms And Abbreviations (1855) > > Eric Clark, MS, CCHO, CHMM > Safety & Compliance Officer > Los Angeles County Public Health Lab > >>>> Bradley Harris 4/2/2010 8:15 AM >>> > Using Abbreviations should be dependent on several items, including hazar d levels, and the amount of chemical. =A0For example, a small container wit h non hazardous chemicals used in a small laboratory could have an abbrevia tion. =A0If there is a gallon, or 55 gallons of the same chemical the conta iner should have a full label. > > teaching abbreviations in school seems to undermine the information given from the full chemical name. > > Brad > > > On Apr 1, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Alan Hall wrote: > >> Use simple chemical formulas: =A0NaCN, KCN, Ca2Cn2, etc, I won't argue: use abbreviations that might kill somebody, BAD idea. >> >> Whoever has to walk into a HAZMAT incident doesn't have time to look for a bunch of abbreviations. =A0Lives may be on the line. =A0The AHLS Course stresses some of that. =A0Those who have not worn Level A or Level B might consider that others have and will continue to due so. =A0Bad labels, some of us might be invoked, whether needed or not. >> >> Alan >> ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**msn.com >> >> >> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:50:48 -0400 >> From: JAKSAFETY**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM >> Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Abbreviations >> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU >> >> One of the major problems is going to be distinguishing TLAs from FLAs. =A0 ... Jim >> >> ********************************** >> James A. Kaufman, Ph.D. >> Kaufman & Associates >> 101 Oak Street, Wellesley, MA 02482 >> 508-574-6264 Fax: 508-647-0062 >> Res: 781-237-1335 >> >> >> >> >
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