The doors to laboratories utilizing hazardous equipment, toxic or flammable chemicals—and the doors to hazardous materials storage rooms—must be posted with an emergency response sign listing the ...

Following the rapid innovation, creation and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no question that the work done in labs is important. Each day, scientists and researchers are making ...

Ensuring student safety in undergraduate teaching laboratories is a critical component of the responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S). It is very difficult for ...

The following general procedures provide guidance to be followed to safely and properly work with toxins in the laboratory. Adherence to this procedure will ensure that employees and students are not ...

It is the responsibility of the RIT EH&S Department to help ensure faculty, staff, students, and visitors have a safe and healthy working and learning environment in all RIT owned and operated ...

Environmental Health and Safety, previously known as Radiological and Environmental Management, participates in Lab Safety Awareness Week each February, sponsored by the Campus Safety, Health, and ...

Although attitudes towards lab safety have grown more positive over the years, some academic researchers still believe that safe lab practices hamper research productivity. The idea is that time spent ...

A lab specific Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is required when a laboratory engages in an activity or procedure not covered by the chemical hygiene plan. Use the Lab Standard Operating Procedure ...

When C. Rosalía Álvarez Chávez started inspecting the safety of high school laboratories around Sonora, Mexico, several years ago, she had no idea of the chemical dangers that awaited her. In more ...

Environmental Health & Safety annually presents one Excellence in Laboratory Safety Award to a University faculty member and their research group for exhibiting excellence in laboratory safety and ...

Subhash Verma, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, and his research team at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), has received the 2025 Excellence in Laboratory ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State’s Department of Agriculture and Markets has launched a week-long effort to keep consumers educated about how the state’s food supply is protected. Those efforts ...