Apply techniques for handling and moving materials, chemical products, glassware, and laboratory equipment

The course Sample Collection and Material Handling Techniques prepares the professional for safe and accurate work in the laboratory, addressing safety standards, the use of PPE (lab coats, goggles) and EPCs (fume hoods, emergency showers). It highlights the correct handling of chemical reagents, including labeling, compatible storage, and safe disposal, following rules such as the proper dilution of acids and bases.

The course distinguishes between glassware for approximate and precise measurement, warning of practices such as avoiding oven drying to preserve calibration. It teaches essential techniques: indirect weighing with tared balances, reading volumes by the meniscus, and material sterilization.

Professionals learn to prepare solutions, perform quantitative titrations, measure pH, and use acid-base indicators, integrating laboratory practice with the scientific and statistical method. The course covers sample collection (water, clinical fluids), transport, preservation, and data processing, including tabulation, charts, and the calculation of statistical measures (mean, median, standard deviation).

All activities must follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and result in technical-scientific reports with rigorous methodology and impartial language.