• Question: Do you have to wear certain clothes whilst working?

    Asked by tawny to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Laurel, Maria on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Bridget Waller

      Bridget Waller answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I have to wear scrubs when we are working on dissections in the lab, but in the office I just wear jeans!

    • Photo: Laurel Fogarty

      Laurel Fogarty answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Usually no- we can be as neat or as scruffy as we like! If you work in labs you might have to wear a lab coat and in the aviary with the birds you might sometimes have to wear a mask to protect your lungs from all the dust in the birds’ bedding!

    • Photo: Ceri-Wyn Thomas

      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I wear a lab coat in the lab to protect my skin and clothes from certain chemicals. When I’m doing fieldwork I might be wearing a wet suit and a snorkel (I get beasties from the sea to look at) or I might be wearing a hard hat and hiking boots (If I’m fossil hunting). Other than that- I can wear what I like…….within reason- I’m sure If i turned up to work dressed as a Christmas tree people would have something to say 😉

    • Photo: Betul Arslan

      Betul Arslan answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      There is no practical rule in my lab except the one big rule “No open toe shoes”. Which can be rough especially after a pedi on Summer days but you see the point is to save your toes from potentially harmful spills etc. If I will do a nasty experiment I will wear lab coat to protect my clothes but since I am working in a molecular biology lab the experiments are usually pretty neat themselves. I know people who work with rat and human tissues and stuff have more strict rules though.

    • Photo: Maria Pawlowska

      Maria Pawlowska answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi Tawny, in the lab we have to wear white lab coats (just like in movies…) and latex gloves. Apart from that I wear what ‘normal’ people do to work.

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