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	LABORATORY SAFETY MANUAL
Lab Safety Manual 1st Page Chapter 1 Emergency Response Chapter 2 General Safety Chapter 3 Chemical Hygiene Plan Chapter 4 Radiological Safety Chapter 5 Biological Hygiene Plan Chapter 6 Laser Safety Chapter 7 Administrative Concerns Chapter 8 Standard & Special Operating Procedures Chapter 9 Facility Data Appendicies Bibliography	Updated January 2003 Index A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W A Access to emergency equipment Accident reporting Acetylaminofluorene Acids, transportation of Acrylonitrile Action level, defined Acute, defined Acute hazardous materials Air monitoring, data Aminodiphenyl ANSI 28.7.1-1989 Aprons Argon spectrometers Arsenic Asbestos Atomic absorption spectrophotometers Audits, Lab Audit Form Autoclave
Glossary Index On-Campus Contact Information 1st Rule of Lab Safety Haz-Waste No-No	B Bases Benzene Benzidine Beverages, in laboratories Biohazard waste Biological biohazard waste: defined, disposal, treatment blood, human, procedures for working with containment facility design hygiene plan infectious material, handling infectious waste, defined laboratory practice primary barriers safety, institutional safety cabinets, use of, as primary barrier, certification of, design safety committee safety levels safety officer safety policy spills Biomedical waste Blood, spills; see also Biological spills, Biological Hygiene Plan Blood, human: procedures for working with Bloodborne pathogens, training Bottle carriers Breaker boxes Broken glassware Bulk cylinders, liquid Bunsen Burner: in biological safety cabinet, Bunsen Burner myth
	C Cabinets biological safety bunsen burners in certification flammable liquid storage in Carcinogens-when to make provisions for, defined, as a hazard ID Carpeting Carts Centrifuge safety Chemical age bulking disposal exposures gifts and donations handling hygiene plan audits content DCHO implementation training unknown chemicals incompatible, storage of, appendix B inventory of incoming chemicals, responsibility of DCHO inventory list labeling incoming chemicals, labels for DOT leakage overpacking prior approval to proceed procurement, receiving safety safety policy introduction scope & definitions University responsibilities shock-sensitive chemicals spills stability sterilization storage, design of, housekeeping surplus removal request form transportation unknown waste disposal biohazard waste basic procedures in fume hoods policy Chemical Hygiene Officer Chemical hygiene plan, requirement for Chemical Surplus Program Clothing Coke oven emissions Compressed gases cylinder disposal handling handling and use identification leaking transportation Contact lenses Containers capped caps condition defined disposal of empty inspection for leaks, schedule labeling, importance of, contents of label selection transportation volumes Corrective lenses Corrosive, defined, solvents Cosmetics in laboratories Cotton dust Cryogenic liquids Cytotoxic/antineoplastic spills *
	D DCHO Deans, chemical hygiene responsibilities of Department Head responsibilities: chemical hygiene chemical waste manifest radiological activities Departmental Chemical Hygiene Officer (DCHO) and audits chemical hygiene responsibilities duties qualifications for requirement for training responsibilities Designated area defined when to name Dichlorobenzidine Differential diagnoses Dimethylaminoazobenzene Donations DOT labels Drums, metal *
	E Electrical maintenance and testing repairs standards Electrical cords Elevators Emergencies, medical Emergency floor plan Emergency lighting Emergency notification forms Emergency telephone Employee chemical hygiene responsibilities chemical information training defined exposure records, content of, OSHA regulations initial training medical records radiological monitoring radiological responsibilities Ether, stability of, safety procedures Ethylene Oxide Ethyleneimine Exposure assessments Extension cords Eye protection Eyewashes design maintenance and testing
	F Face shields, when to wear Facility description design maintenance and testing Finger rings Fire extinguishers, defined access to in chemical storage training Fire protection policy Fires First aid, defined personal protection during reporting use of training First aid kits in chemical storage location of maintenance of Flammable, defined Flammable liquids cabinets quantities safety cans standards storage limits Food, glass containers in laboratories in radiological laboratories in refrigerators Formaldehyde Fume hoods design maintenance proper operation storage in testing *
	G Gas chromatography equipment Gas cylinders (see compressed gases) Gas lines Gifts Glass tubing handling storage of Glassware broken handling storage vacuum use washing Gloves, described infectious material primary barriers *
	H Hazard identification Hazardous chemical surplus tag Hazardous waste surplus program Health hazard, defined Housekeeping Hydrofluoric acid, management of exposure * skin contact antidote in 1st aid kit
	I Ice, in beverages Infectious material in fume hoods Ingestion Inhalation Injection J Jewelry *
	L Lab coats, care of, infectious material Labeling DOT NFPA Laboratory chemical safety policy Laboratory safety audit form Laboratory Standard, defined, when it applies Ladders Lasers Lead Lighting Local ventilation *
	M Material Safety Data Sheets Mats Medical emergencies Medical examinations, after exposure, records of Medical consultations, examinations Mercury spill kit spills, health effects storage and handling waste disposal Modes of entry MSDS defined facility specific recordkeeping required retention requirements Multi-outlet Mutagen, defined *
	N Naphthylamine NFPA labeling Nitrobiphenyl Nitrosodimethylamine O Octopus plugs OSHA administration, standards Outlets, multiple Oxidizer, defined Oxygen cylinders (see Compressed Gases) *
	P PEL Perchloric acid Permissible exposure limit (PEL), defined Peroxides Personal hygiene Personal protective equipment defined respirators Pipetting, radiological substances Plastic bags Poison Control Center Prior approval, special procedures Project Director, chemical hygiene responsibilities Propiolactone *
	R Radioactive biomedical waste disposal Radiological approval for use areas contamination control designated areas disposal gaseous wastes handbook handling in fume hoods inventory iodine bioassays ionizing sources irradiation service license liquid wastes package receipt procedures permissible exposure levels person in charge personnel personnel monitoring procurement procurement agent authority protective clothing radioisotopes procurement sealed unsealed authorization to use regulations routine surveys safety safety committee aims composition functions responsibilities safety officer authority responsibilities solid wastes specific standards spills storage survey instruments swipe test training transport off-campus transporting tritium bioassays waste disposal Records, employee exposure Refrigerators, explosion-proof Respirators defined training use of University responsibility *
	S Safety audits, lab audit form cabinets biological flammable- liquid cans glasses goggles manual shields, defined, when using vacuum showers design maintenance and testing surveys Sandals, personal hygiene, in labs Sharps defined disposal Shelves Shoes, personal hygiene, in labs Short term exposure limit (STEL), defined Sinks Skin absorption Solvents Special procedures Spill control, containment design Spill kit mercury Spills biological, in a safety cabinet blood, general information, cleanup chemical containment design emergency minor storage containment training cleanup cytotoxic/antineoplastic mercury prevention radiological cleanup responsibility dusts injuries major minor reporting Steam sterilization Standard operating procedures special requirements STEL (short term exposure limit) Storage acids bench tops chemical, design combustible materials compressed gases counter tops flammable-liquid cabinets limits glassware in aisles in fume hoods, cause of air turbulence in hallways in passageways in safety cabinets in stairways of waste chemicals radiologicals Substance-specific standards *
	T Teratogen, defined Threshold limit value, defined Time weighted average, defined TLV Tobacco in laboratories in radiological laboratories Toxic defined hazard identification solids Toxins, as part of Chemical Hygiene Plan Training, administration of bloodborne pathogens fire extinguisher first aid hazard communication radiological respirator University responsibilities TWA *
	U University President, chemical hygiene responsibilities of Unknown chemicals V Vacuum operations Vinyl Chloride W Water reactive, defined * Download the Index as MS Word 2000 document Download the Index in pdf format
	Lab Safety Manual Glossary