Safety Culture & Compliance
Pilot program will leverage key elements of Dow’s industry-leading practices to help enhance university laboratory safety, reinforcing the company’s commitment to advancing scientific research at leading U.S. universities.
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Several fairly recent accidents at universities in the United States have meant officials are looking more intensely at academic chemistry labs and how those involved feel about safety.
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Provides greater flexibility for development of sterility test methods.
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FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. today released the agency’s “Global Engagement Report1,” detailing the many activities and strategies FDA is using to transform from a domestic to a global public health agency.
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Agency working with animal, drug and medical communities to promote judicious antimicrobial use.
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An internal investigation by Princeton University has found no evidence to support allegations about noncompliance in animal care at the University that were made by an animal rights group last September.
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Standard refrigerators should not be used for storage of flammable or reactive chemicals.
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Computer scientists and biologists in the Data Science Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a rare collaboration between the two very different fields to pick apart a fundamental roadblock to progress in modern medicine.
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Many low- and middle-income nations do not have technologically advanced regulatory systems, which limits their oversight of food and drug safety, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
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This column is for research labs that involve animal procedures or surgeries. We encounter anesthetic gas use in many settings such as medical research, veterinary schools, dental research labs and dental colleges, and biological research facilities.
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A small chemical reaction in a bottle containing liquid drawn from a 60-year-old cylinder at Los Alamos Laboratory’s Technical Area 21 caused Laboratory officials to call in hazardous material personnel March 14.
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Following this procedure does several things. It forces you to decide what the rules and policies are going to be, shows everyone that you are concerned about health and safety, and keeps a permanent record of your safety standards.
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