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This standard outlines a code of safety for chemical laboratories.

1                   Scope

1.1               This standard outlines a code of safety for chemical laboratories.

1.2              The standard outlines:

(a)               general rules of conduct concerning safety;

(b)               details for fire emergency and rescue procedures;

(c)               general laboratory techniques.

1.3              This standard does not cover hazards relating to radioactive substances.

This standard specifies requirements for the labelling of household chemicals sold in Guyana, whether locally made or imported, and gives a series of warning labels corresponding to the designated classes of dangerous goods as detailed in Appendix A. This standard shall be read in conjunction with GYS 9-1 :1994, “Specification for labelling of commodities - Part 1: General principles”.

This standard specifies requirements for the precautionary labelling of hazardous industrial chemicals sold or intended for sale in Guyana, whether locally made or imported. This standard shall be read in conjunction with GYS 9-1 : 1994, “Specification for labelling of commodities – Part 1 : General principles”

1.1         This standard specifies:

(a)          requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14, 12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

(b)         requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

(c)          methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles;

(d)         non-destructive testing of gold articles by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF); and

(e)          requirements for making and labelling of imported gold articles.

NOTE 1 It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purpose such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

  This standard specifies:

a a)  requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14,12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

b b) requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

c c) methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles; and

d d) requirements for marking and labelling of imported gold articles.

 
NNOTE It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purposes such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

This standard lists hazardous chemicals and chemical products in common use and indicates their principal and subsidiary hazards.

This document specifies the general requirements and tests for safety devices for fuel gases and oxygen or compressed air which do not incorporate a flame (flashback) arrestor used downstream of manifold, cylinder and/or pipeline outlet regulators, and upstream of blowpipes for welding, cutting and allied processes. This document does not specify the location of these devices in the gas system. This document is not applicable to safety devices which incorporate a flame arrestor, covered by ISO 5175-1.

This standard specifies requirements for the operation of laboratories and is applicable to all laboratories regardless of the number of personnel or the extent of the scope of testing activities.

This standard is for use by laboratories in developing their quality, administrative and technical systems that govern their operations. Any party may use this standard when confirming or recognising the competence of laboratories.