In order to accomplish this, RIT has developed a Laboratory and Chemical Hygiene Safety Program that includes guidelines to ensure safe work practices and training to keep faculty, staff and students ...

Please see the EHS webpage focusing on signage for more information. If your lab has compressed gases, please make sure to review the Compressed Gas Chemical Safety Fact sheet for important safety ...

Once properly instructed, it is your responsibility to follow all safety procedures. The experiments in these laboratories have been chosen or modified to use relatively safe chemicals and procedures ...

Under this standard, a laboratory is required to produce a Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP ... and training programs. To ensure the use of chemical fume hoods, safety eyewashes and showers and use of ...

Welcome to the Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS). This section highlights the Committee's activities and provides administrative resources for its members. Our primary activities include: Publication ...

What are Academic Lab Safety Teams? LSTs, or Laboratory Safety Teams, are student-led groups that play a pivotal role in promoting a strong safety culture within their respective laboratories, ...

Before embarking on their first experiments, new lab hires almost invariably undergo safety training in radiation, chemical and biological hazards. But there is only so much that such seminars can do.

In addition to general safety, some laboratory activities require the use of machine tools, chemicals, electricity, hydraulics, compressed gases and related equipment and tools. During these ...

Understanding the limitations, the appropriate maintenance techniques, and overall design of the fume hood will ensure your safety while using hazardous materials. The purpose of a chemical fume hood ...

Lab Safety Week serves as a reminder of our dedication to maintaining a secure and healthy research environment. Whether handling chemicals, biological specimens, radiological materials, or ...

The Engineering and Lab Safety Team at the University of Arkansas has been making significant strides in promoting laboratory safety since its establishment in 2016 by Jessica Morris (Ph.D. ’18), who ...

Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities ...