Ch4_7P3S Safety and Legislation in Chemistry Practice

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Šibor, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Šibor, Ph.D.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Alena Vozdecká
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:35 učebna 7
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
l. Legislation and Good laboratory practice. Acts and their interpretation. Primary school and general chemical working place. Chemical laboratory. Work hygiene. Fire-safety. Chemical material and preparation and their distribution. Waste. ll. Local, acute, chronic and late effects of substances and their testing. Interaction of substances with living organism, biotransformation of xenobiotics. Survey of inorganic and organic compounds toxicology. Ecotoxicological testing and evaluation of chemicals and wastes. Chemical substances and hazardous wastes laws and regulations. Classification and notification of chemical substances and products under EU and Czech legislation. Maximum allowable concentrations of gases, vapours, and aerosols in the air, permissible levels of water and food contaminants. Explosives, oxidizing and flammable substances. Occupational health and safety, protective devices, first aid treatment. Sources of toxicological and ecotoxicological information.
Syllabus
  • l. Legislation and Good laboratory practice. Acts and their interpretation. Primary school and general chemical working place. Chemical laboratory. Work hygiene. Fire-safety. Chemical material and preparation and their distribution. Waste. ll. Local, acute, chronic and late effects of substances and their testing. Interaction of substances with living organism, biotransformation of xenobiotics. Survey of inorganic and organic compounds toxicology. Ecotoxicological testing and evaluation of chemicals and wastes. Chemical substances and hazardous wastes laws and regulations. Classification and notification of chemical substances and products under EU and Czech legislation. Maximum allowable concentrations of gases, vapours, and aerosols in the air, permissible levels of water and food contaminants. Explosives, oxidizing and flammable substances. Occupational health and safety, protective devices, first aid treatment. Sources of toxicological and ecotoxicological information.
Literature
  • MATRKA, Miroslav and Vlastimil RUSEK. Průmyslová toxikologie : úvod do obecné a speciální toxikologie [Matrka, 1998]. 3. opr. vyd. Pardubice: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1998, 157 s. ISBN 80-7194-131-X. info
  • BARDODĚJ, Zdeněk. Chemie v hygieně a toxikologii. 2. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova - Vydavatelství Karolinum, 1994, 81 s. ISBN 80-7066-911-X. info
  • PALEČEK, Jaroslav and Jiří PALATÝ. Toxikologie, hygiena a bezpečnost práce v chemii. 3. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1991, 99 s. ISBN 80-7080-102-6. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2003, recent)
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