Laboratory Safety Training

Monday, July 8, 2019, 11 am to 1 pm
Campus: 
Dayton
111 Medical Sciences Conference Room
Audience: 
Current Students
Faculty
Staff

Description: Laboratory Safety Training provides an overview of laboratory safety requirements including the recognition and mitigation of laboratory hazards; the use of engineering controls, administrative controls and personal protective equipment; working safely with chemicals, the use of SDSs, procedures for disposing of hazardous waste, and fire safety precautions for the laboratory including:

  • General Laboratory Safety
  • Hazard Communication/GHS
  • Radiation Safety Awareness
  • Biological Safety
  • Waste Management

Audience: The training is required for all personnel who work in a lab with hazardous chemicals.

Topics include:

  • emergency procedures
  • OSHA Lab Safety Standard
  • health and physical hazards
  • routes of exposure
  • signs and symptoms of exposure
  • recognition and mitigation of laboratory hazards
  • use of engineering controls
  • use of administrative controls, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) housekeeping, and
  • audits

 

For information, contact
Marjorie Markopoulos
Director, Environmental Health and Safety
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