{"id":25769,"date":"2025-09-20T23:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/?page_id=25769"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:31:22","slug":"habits-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/index.php\/online-envirobio\/field-lab\/research\/habits-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"1b2 Habits & Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Habits & Practices <\/span>\n\n \n \n Behaviors for Safe & Effective Research <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Habits & Practices Objectives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Distinguish between a habit and practice, providing examples of how each are important in safety and science investigations.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Define stewardship and provide examples.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Describe the role of ethics in science.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    For safety to be effective, including the safety items you are adding to your own checklist, there needs to be both habits and practices.\u00a0 These two sets of behaviors are critical in safe and effective research.<\/h5> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Habit<\/h3>\n

    Something that is done regularly and routinely, often without much additional thought.<\/h6> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Practice<\/h3>\n

    Something that need improvement through repetition and refinement.\u00a0 May become a habit over time.<\/h6> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew about washing hands, but had to practice the frequency, duration, area washed, most effective soap product, how to turn off the water after washing, etc.\u00a0 Over time hand-washing became more of a habit.\u00a0 Habits can slip over time and may need occasional practice to reinforce and improve.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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