Student Handbook
Laboratory Dress Code

Part I Part II Part III Part IV

Part of safe laboratory practice involves dressing appropriately. A full-length, fastened, fluid impervious laboratory coat must be worn when working in the laboratory. Students coming into the clinical phase of the program must buy a disposable laboratory coat. You can buy this laboratory coat through the Lundberg Bookstore. At the end of each semester, the coats will be collected, autoclaved, and discarded. If your coat becomes torn, badly stained, or otherwise damaged, we will dispose of the coat and you will be required to purchase another coat. When your lab coat is not being worn, you should store in specially marked lockers outside the laboratories.

In the CLS laboratories, you are required to wear full-length slacks, trousers, or jeans. You must wear shoes with closed toes and heels, and you must wear socks. You may wish to keep a change of clothing in your locker in case your clothes become contaminated during a laboratory session. Contaminated clothing must be left in the laboratory until it can be sent to the laundry service provided by the University.

If your hair is long enough to interfere with performing laboratory procedures, tie it back while you are working in the laboratory. Generally, if the hair on both sides of your head is long enough to meet under your chin when you lean forward, you need to tie it back.