The design of a laboratory can be crucial when it comes to efficiency, effectiveness, safety and security. Therefore, it is important that a laboratory is carefully designed and planned from the beginning. When designing a laboratory, there are many things that need to be taken into consideration in order to get the best out of the laboratory. The most important feature a laboratory should have is safety. There can be many potentially dangerous hazards in a scientific laboratory. This means that there are many things that need to be done in a laboratory for safety reasons. One safety in a scientific laboratory is disposal. Some materials must be disposed of properly. This is because some products can react with anything they encounter. These products must be disposed of separately and must be collected by professionals. Otherwise, a dangerous chemical reaction such as fire, poisonous gas, etc. may occur. This also means that the location of the waste container matters. It must not be near anything that it could potentially react with. It is safer to place waste containers in a separate section of the laboratory. Another safety factor in the science lab is what you wear, such as lab coats, goggles, or masks. These are the basic safety clothing/equipment that must be worn during investigations. In order to make the most of these safety clothing and equipment, it is useful to place them near the entrance to the laboratory so that when someone enters the laboratory, they can wear the required clothing when they enter. Toxic substances are very dangerous to have in a scientific laboratory, especially when they are open. The toxic substance can escape into the air and can be harmful. Therefore the laboratory must have a separate section where toxic materials are stored. Labo...... middle of paper ......looking for something. Time can instead be dedicated to their tasks allowing them to achieve more, making the laboratory more efficient and effective. In addition to safety, effectiveness and efficiency, it is important that scientific laboratories are also designed to be safe. For a secure lab, there should be plenty of cabinets with locks to keep important files and equipment locked and safe. This would prevent anyone else from taking your belongings, preventing loss of data or equipment while making labs safer. Another way to increase security is to have CCTV cameras in the corner of the room so that they can see and observe the entire room. This would record everything that would happen in the lab, allowing people to see the footage. This would make it safer as scientists could see what is happening in the laboratory whenever they need to.