Safety Culture & Compliance
Pay me now, or pay me later has never rung more true than when it comes to workplace health and safety. The chain reaction of costs (both direct and indirect) and consequences when an accident occurs proves all too well the value of diligent lab safe
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Academic institutions and companies should all have safety committees.
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While visiting Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) today, DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and BNL have reached a major milestone in the cleanup of the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR).
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On May 24, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) web site allowing increased accessibility to submit reports concerning FDA regulated products. SRP allows even the concerned citizen to submit a safety report related to foods, drugs, and veterinary products.
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For Florida's Advanced Environmental Laboratories, success is achieved through strong management support and smart hiring.
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The power supply in electrophoresis equipment runs at a sufficient enough voltage and amperage to deliver an electric shock that could be fatal. The electric shock can also cause burns, damage to the skin, muscles, and nerves.
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Demolition projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recovered more than 136 tons of metal to recycle since work began last year.
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A year before a UCLA staff research assistant was fatally burned in a lab fire, a graduate student was seriously injured in a similar accident that university officials failed to report to state regulators, records released Friday show.
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Rice Lake Weighing Systems is making a lot of lemonade with recent sour economic news, taking advantage of a brief slowdown to reorganize, regroup, and get a better grip on its day-to-day operations. Cost-reduction strategies have been enacted companywideincluding a long overdue look at the companys garbage bill.
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Hettich Centrifuges, Beverly, MA, is initiating a North America recall of 2050 and 2076 plastic hematocrit rotors that are used in combination with the Mikro 12-24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges.
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