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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES
Students are encouraged to use the laboratory equipment and facilities to practice their
skills. This is essential for their success in the PTA curriculum. The following rules must
be adhered to:
Laboratory Rules
1. All students must sign in and out on the sign in sheet in the lab if they wish to use
the laboratory for additional practice when it is not scheduled for teaching.
Students are also required to sign in and out of the lab and computer room,
when using them for extra practice.
2. A student may use a piece of equipment only if he/she has been instructed in its
use. The student must possess a working knowledge of the equipment, including
indications and contraindications.
3. No electrical equipment is to be used unless a member of the P.T.A. faculty is in
attendance and/or has given permission. However, if the equipment remains
unplugged, the student may practice with the modalities any time the lab is free.
4. Each student is responsible for the equipment he/she is using.
5. Students are to remove their shoes when utilizing the treatment tables and floor
mats.
6. Report any damage of equipment immediately to the laboratory instructor.
7. Each student is required to clean the treatment area and equipment upon
completion of use.
8. All equipment must be returned to the shelf, cabinet, etc., where it is usually
stored.
9. All of the safety rules you have been instructed in when using various pieces of
equipment and/or performing various procedures must be adhered to.
10. If you wish to receive additional instruction from department faculty in any
procedures, you must make arrangements that are mutually convenient.
11. To insure the student's privacy and to protect them against any embarrassment,
no unauthorized visitors will be permitted in the PTA lab during class session.
This also applies to other course lab sessions when deemed appropriate by the
instructor.
12. To insure the student's safety, it is recommended that, when practicing in the lab,
they do so in the company of at least one other PTA student and with the door
closed.
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