Hot Plate Malfunctions and Misuse

Revision 12/2021   In the past few years, several incidents and near misses involving hot plates have been reported at Penn and at other research institutions. The cause of each incident was either electronic malfunction or user error.  The following alert describes some of these events at Penn and provides guidance on how to avoid these incidents in your lab.  

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