Effective lab safety programs need to be error-free. Avoiding mistakes is critical. And yet, we see them repeated over and over again in labs throughout the world. This session will highlight major lab safety program errors to avoid.

Risk management in this economy goes well past the usual definitions of safety and compliance.

Your department should have a safety committee. Academic institutions and companies should all have safety committees. The committees should consist of employees, supervisors, faculty, staff, administration, and students.

Specific applications require particular features

This month the Safety Guys aim to raise awareness and discuss the prevention of blood-borne pathogen (BBP) exposures, beginning with an overview of the OSHA standard and a discussion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s universal precautions.

Lab Manager brings together a panel of technical experts to go over the latest in fume hood technology and to help address any questions you may have pertaining to its use in your laboratory, for your specific application.

Tune into our live webinar to hear Tanuja Koppal and  Dr. Cournoyer discuss how to he developed comprehensive checklists for managing chemical inventory, explain why and how he created the five types of checklists that have proved most effective, and offer insights into ensuring compliance.

This is the cornerstone of a good safety program. It’s a statement endorsed and supported by the administration that speaks to the fundamental responsibilities for health and safety in the academic institution or company.

How to design and implement a successful lockout/tag out program for your facililty.