Safety Culture & Compliance
It's important to develop plans and conduct drills for dealing with emergencies such as fire, explosion, poisoning, chemical spill, vapor release, and personal contamination.
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Prohibiting the storage of food in chemical refrigerators is one of the basic rules of good practice.
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The practice of forbidding smoking, eating, and drinking in laboratories is one of the basic good hygiene practices.
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There seems to be a special law of nature that leads to the accumulation of chemicals in laboratories.
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The effectiveness of safety programs depends on their ability to motivate people to care about their health and safety.
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Not only should it be required that all accidents or incidents be reported, they should also be evaluated by the departmental safety committee and discussed at departmental safety meetings.
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When conducting experiments with hazards or potential hazards, ask yourself these four questions...
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Working alone is a bad idea. It's an open invitation to tragedy. The legal consequences can be equally serious.
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Providing instruction in the safety hazards, appropriate precautions, and potential emergency procedures is a faculty duty under the law.
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Safety meetings are an integral part of a good safety program. You need to have a time when you and your colleagues can get together and focus on safety issues.
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For too many years at academic institutions and some companies, safety has been something extra.
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Quarterly inspections are an integral part of a good safety program.
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