Safety Culture & Compliance
This article attempts to provide a checklist against which the choice of chemical or biological containment cabinets may be measured. However, the benefit of an expert evaluation of the hazards and risks to be considered before any equipment is selec
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Several innovative steps designed to maximize the efficiency of Argonne's new Blue Gene/P high-performance computer have saved many taxpayer dollars while reducing the laboratory's environmental footprint.
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Some rules are NOT made to be broken. That is true of the rules used in a chemistry lab. They are really, truly for your safety and not your humiliation.
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OSHA specifies that all equipment in the workplace be grounded to avoid shock and possible electrocution.
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PerkinElmer, Inc. today announced collaboration with Labtronics Inc., to offer laboratories more choice for connecting laboratory instruments with LABWORKS Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
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Dr. Philip J. Wyatt, CEO and founder of Wyatt Technology Corporation, has been awarded the 2009 Prize for Industrial Application of Physics by the American Physical Society (APS).
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Two of the nation's five biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) labs lack outer-ring security controls to protect against a terrorist attack or theft of some of the world's most dangerous pathogens, such as the Ebola and smallpox viruses, according to a new repor
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A minor chemical explosion occurred in a research laboratory in the Science & Engineering building on the University of California, Merced campus Saturday.
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There are some emergencies which can't wait five minutes for EMT's to arrive.
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Chemicals should be labeled to show the name of the material, the nature and degree of hazard, the appropriate precautions, and the name of the person responsible for the container.
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Standard refrigerators should not be used for storage of flammable or reactive chemicals.
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The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine) could be fined $213,670 for improperly storing chemicals, insufficiently training employees in hazardous waste management and for failing to notify local and state emergency response officials about the amount of hazardous materials stored at its local campus.
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