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Safety conventions used in this document
Safety alert words
Four safety alert words appear in Thermo Fisher Scientific user documentation at
points in the document where you need to be aware of relevant hazards. Each
alert word–
IMPORTANT, CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER
–implies a particular level
of observation or action:
Definitions
IMPORTANT!
Provides information that is necessary for proper instrument
operation, accurate installation, or safe use of a chemical.
CAUTION!
– Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against
unsafe practices.
WARNING!
– Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
DANGER!
– Indicates an imminently hazardous situation that, if not
avoided, will result in death or serious injury. This signal word is to be
limited to the most extreme situations.
Except for
IMPORTANT!
safety alerts, each safety alert word in a Thermo Fisher
Scientific document appears with an open triangle figure that contains a hazard
symbol. These hazard symbols are identical to the hazard icons that are affixed to
Thermo Fisher Scientific instruments
(see “Safety symbols” on page 47).
