Laundering, laboratory clothing

All reuseable clothing worn in research laboratories can be laundered in the conventional manner if it is not overtly contaminated. Reusable clothing from containment facilities should be placed in a closed container and sterilized before laundering. Any clothing, including articles from research laboratories, that may have been overtly contaminated should be soaked with a disinfectant and autoclaved immediately. 

Wear nitrile rubber gloves, eye protection, self-contained respirator, and laboratory coat (after each wearing, launder clothing separately). Scoop up and place in large wide-mouth bottle with stopper. Save for recovery or disposal. Wash site with soap solution.6... 

A class I, type B biological safety hood should be used when working with BP in a laboratory. The following work practices are recommended (1) Contaminated clothing should be removed immediately and laundered by individuals who have been informed of the hazards of exposure to BP. (2) Eye wash fountains... 

A sterilized pot holder or newly laundered cloth should be handy in the sterile lab to aid in removing the media flask from the pressure cooker. While the media is being sterilized, immaculately clean the laboratory. 

By comparison, because it is not uncommon in liquid filtration applications for cloths to be removed from the filter and subjected to a laundering operation, a laboratory test programme has to be devised that will reproduce the mechanically induced... 

Protective laboratory coats, gowns, smocks, or uniforms are to be worn while in the laboratory. This protective clothing is to be removed and left in the laboratory before leaving the laboratory for non-laboratory areas (e.g., cafeteria, library, administrative offices). All protective clothing is either disposed of in the laboratory or laundered by the institution it should never be taken home by personnel. 

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