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Environmental Health & Safety Office

Training Completion in ELMS

February 1, 2014

When completing training within ELMS, each individual must enroll into the training properly.  Do not re-launch courses from your learning transcript.  If the course is re-launched from here, ELMS will not record your enrollment into the course.  You will only be reviewing your previous training and your score will not be saved in the system. […]

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Upcoming National Institutes of Health (NIH) Site Visit

February 1, 2014

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) will conduct a site visit at Emory’s main campus on March 18th, 2014.  During the site visit, the team will review and evaluate the institution’s compliance with the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.  The site visit will primarily […]

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AAALAC International Site Visit at Emory University

February 1, 2014

The Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International will conduct an accreditation site visit at Emory University. The site visit is scheduled for February 19-21, 2014.  Laboratories will be site visited, particularly those where surgery and other experimental procedures are performed on animals. AAALAC International was founded in 1966 and […]

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PDF: February 2014 Lab Rat Newsletter

February 1, 2014

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EHSO Laboratory Safety Templates and Documents!

January 1, 2014

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Hazard Assessment Template Are you wearing the correct PPE while performing experiments? Do you know when to wear safety glasses or safety goggles? Do you know when a face shield is necessary? EHSO created the PPE Hazard Assessment Template to help researchers identify the proper PPE to wear. PPE selection should […]

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Hazardous Waste Management Program Change

January 1, 2014

Effective January 6, 2014, the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) will begin utilizing a new vendor (PSC Environmental) to collect chemical waste. EHSO will work closely with PSC to provide the same level of service to you, our customers. With the exception of changes to the weekly collection schedule, operational changes will be minimal. […]

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2014 Laboratory Self-Inspection Cycle

January 1, 2014

The annual Laboratory Self-Inspection Cycle begins on January 9th, 2014. The deadline to complete the self inspection for this year will be March 31st, 2014. Here is a quick reminder of how the inspection process works:  Download the current version of the inspection checklist from the EHSO website. Using the Self-Inspection checklist, conduct a physical […]

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PDF: January 2014 Lab Rat Newsletter

January 1, 2014

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The Normalization of Deviance

December 1, 2013

Human beings are instinctively inclined to experiment and innovate. Whether it’s my mother tinkering with an old cake recipe or an engineer trying to figure out how to increase efficiency at his or her plant, humans are always on the lookout to do what they do better. For the readers of this newsletter,the human propensity […]

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PDF: December 2013 Lab Rat Newsletter

December 1, 2013

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