The Laboratory Safety Guide provides information on how to obtain reliable and reproducible results in a healthy, safe and hygienic laboratory environment. It covers general laboratory rules, personal safety and hygiene (including the use of protective equipment and basic first aid procedures), international hazard warning symbols and their meanings, risk and safety information for chemicals and their storage, the prerequisite knowledge required to prepare solutions correctly, proper waste management for environmental health (including identification, classification, storage and disposal) and how to establish an action plan for emergencies.