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Safety Program for Students, Staff and Post Doctoral Candidates

General Safety for Everyone: lifting

Check Print the Office and Lab Safety Checklist. Review the list with your PI or supervisor. Have the PI or supervisor sign the document and return it to the CNS Safety Coordinator

Check Schedule an appointment with the CNS Safety Coordinator

Check Know the location of the first aid kit in your area

check Know the location of the Red Safety Binder in your lab or office

Check Read the Building Evacuation Plan

Check Read the Emergency Action Plan

Check Know the location of the Fire Extinguishers and Emergency Fire Alarm Pull Stations Fire Extinguisher

Check Read the Job Safety Analysis for Office Workers

Check Read the Office Safey Checklist and Resource Guide

Check Read the CNS Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)

Check Know the accident or injury response and reporting procedures (see Safety Coordinator for hazard specific "Wound Treatment Protocol.")

Safety for Individuals working in Wet Labs:lab glass

Check Sign up for and complete the Laboratory Safety Training (Diane Hoffmann) or Chemical Laboratory Safety Seminar if not completed within the last year; give a copy of the training document to the Lab Manager and the Safety Coordinator - this training must be repeated annually

Check Know the location of the laboratory Chemical Inventory (printout from the most recent Chemical Inventory System update)

Check Read the "Emergency Eyewash and Shower Testing" Safety Net #66 (document that this has been done) Eyewash

Check Know the location of the Emergency Eyewash Station and Emergency Shower Stations

Check Read the "Emergency Chemical Spill Procedure" Safety Net #13 (document this has been done)

Check Know the location of the Emergency Chemical Spill Kit in the lab

Check Read the laboratory's "Chemical Hygiene Plan"

Check Read the "Newton Court Complex Chemical, Radiological, Biological/Medical Waste Disposal Policies and Procedures, May 2001"

Check Read the Center for Neuroscience Medical Waste Managent Plan

Check Know the location of the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) or know how to access the MSDS on line

Check If there is any exposure to animals (direct or indirect), or if you will be working with human, primate tissue or biohazards, enroll in the Occupational Health Monitoring Program

Check Know the location of the laboratory specific Standard Operationg Procedures (SOP's), protocols, solution preparation recipes, etc.

Check Read the Job Safety Analysis for Laboratory Workers

check Read the Job Safety Analysis for Field Researchers if applicable

 

Safety for Individuals working with Vertebrate Animals:Rat

check Sign up for and Attend Animal Care and Use 101 (ACU 101); give a copy of the certificate to the Lab Manager and the Safety Coordinator - this training must be repeated every three years

Check Document proper training in animal handling or aseptic technique; sign up for a class if necessary

Check Review the Hazard Analysis Tool to become familar with zoonotic hazards associated with working with animals

Check Submit a Risk Assessment Form to Occupational Health Services

Check Know the location of the Primate Exposure Kit, if applicable

Check Read the Animal Use Protocol and document that it has been read

Check Read the Job Safety Analysis for Animal Handlers

Working with Primates? See our FAQ web page for more information

 

 

 

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