Laboratories are dangerous places to work. Many of the materials or chemicals that you come into contact with on a daily basis are potentially harmful to your health, and to the health of your co-workers if handled in a careless or incorrect manner. For this reason, it is vital to ensure that all the risks and potential hazards that could occur in this environment are clearly labelled.

Within our comprehensive range of safety signs and labels you will find a variety of labels, tapes and signs that are designed specifically for the identification of hazards within laboratories. Now, we know that time is precious, and it is very likely that you don’t have the time to search through our extensive range of labels and signs to find the signs that are relevant to your business...so we've done the searching for you! Below you will find a list of the most popular product categories for laboratories:

Laboratory Safety Labels & Tapes

Working in a laboratory means that you are often surrounded by biological hazards and infectious diseases. We have dedicated a whole section of our website to signs that have been specifically designed to raise awareness of such hazards and help to minimise the risk of infection.

In this department you will not only find various warning signs and labels, but we also offer a range of tapes that can be used to alert co-workers, visitors, couriers and even emergency services to the dangers present in your lab.

To view our full range of Laboratory Safety Labels & Tapes, please click here. 

General Health & Safety Signs

When you are handling dangerous chemicals and materials, it is incredibly important to wear the correct PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) and wash your hands after handling certain objects. In our General Health and Safety Sign department, you will discover a range of signs that will help remind people of the equipment that they should be using and the correct procedure for carrying out certain activities. We even have a number of signs that alert people to your various first aid locations.

To view our extensive range of health and safety signs, click here.

Quality Assurance Labels

Quality assurance testing is an essential activity that is carried out by laboratories worldwide to ensure that their products are produced to the highest standard possible. We have a huge range of quality assurance labels and tags on offer, and they are suitable for a range of applications throughout the production process.

We manufacture our quality assurance labels to an incredibly high standard, so you can be confident that whatever the situation or conditions that you require our labels to endure, they are more than up to the task.

If you would like to browse our comprehensive range of quality assurance labels, click here.  

Quality Assurance Tapes

Not only do we supply an extensive range of quality assurance labels here at Label Source, we also stock a large number of quality assurance tapes. These tapes are manufactured with a strong adhesive bind that is ideal for packaging and product segregation.

We have a whole range of printed QA tapes including caution tapes, checked tapes, QC inspected, QC rejected, dispatch and handling tapes, and much more.

If you would like more information on our tapes, or are interested in viewing our complete range, please click here.

Here at Label Source, we aim to provide our customers with a truly comprehensive range of labels, tapes and signs. However, if you can't find the exact product you are looking for, please get in touch with our customer service team, who will be more than happy to help.

Many companies operate with the risk to health from exposure at work to biological agents. These bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi can cause biological infection, ranging from mild discomfort to acute or even chronic health issues. Therefore, it is imperative that such biohazard risks are identified, fully assessed and controlled.

Much of the legislation covering biological safety stems from the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 2002 and The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and lays the foundation for effective measures to minimise or eliminate biological risks to human health.

Many health and safety measures to prevent biological infections can include controlling the following;

• Personal hygiene. To encourage regular washing of hands, and where practical supplementing with the use of hand sanitisers.
   
• First aid. All open wounds such as cuts, scratches or grazes should be washed and treated, before being covered with protective, waterproof dressings. Eye wash or emergency shower facilities.
   
• Rest areas. All meal breaks should be taken remotely away from the work area.
   
• Cross contamination. Avoid the transfer of infection from hands by contact to eye, mouth or nose.
   
• Protective clothing. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn to eyes (visors face shields or goggles), breathing (masks or respirators), ears (ear protectors), hands (gloves or gauntlets), body (aprons, gowns, lab coats or overalls), and feet (overboots).
   
• Waste disposal. Contaminated waste, substances or clothing should be disposed of safely.
   
• Housekeeping. Work equipment and work surfaces should be cleaned and decontaminated, which may include sterilizing or autoclaving in some sectors.
   
• Building maintenance. Air conditioning should prevent build up or circulation of dusts or liquids, water supply should be checked for micro-organism growth (legionella), and adequate ventilation
   
• Pest control. To prevent bites and infection from waste from pests, insects or animals.
   
• Protection from injury by sharps. To prevent the piercing of skin from needles or broken glass.

It is the employers’ responsibility to identify any of the risks and accompanying preventative actions necessary as outlined above.  At Label Source we supply a comprehensive range of health and safety signs to promote good practice and endorse sound operating procedures. These include biological hazard warning signs, labels and tapes; mandatory safety signs including personal protection ranges; prohibition safety signs; first aid signs; and waste management signs.

Our customers include:

• Clinical or biomedical scientific research laboratories.
   
• Healthcare, including hospitals, health centres, dental surgeries, social care, chiropodist or acupuncture practices, and associated services, such as porters, cleaners and laundry workers.
   
• Animal welfare, such as veterinary practices, zoos, farms, kennels, catteries and stables.
   
• Social services including, social workers, care workers and custodial services (police or prison services).
   
• Horticultural services such as groundsmen, gardeners and park keepers.
   
• Waste services including refuse collectors, sewerage workers, ditch cleaners and sludge removers.
   
• Other services including undertakers, grave diggers, poultry processors, abattoirs, butchers, tattooists, hairdressers and beauticians.

For more information on the product ranges available on biological hazards please visit our website www.labelsource.co.uk or contact us by e-mail on sales@labelsource.co.uk for further information.