{"id":4769,"date":"2017-10-03T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2017-10-31T16:53:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:53:37","slug":"ehso-research-safety-lab-inspection-top-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/2017\/10\/03\/ehso-research-safety-lab-inspection-top-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"EHSO Research Safety Lab Inspection Top Findings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lab inspections are conducted on a routine basis to assist in compliance with regulations, to identify and correct general lab hazards, and to help ensure a safe work environment. Below is a summary of the top findings from our most recent inspection cycle (September 2016-August 2017), and recommended corrective actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Item #<\/b><\/td>\nItem
\nDescription<\/b><\/td>\n		Item
\nType<\/b><\/td>\n		Recommended
\nCorrective Action<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.1<\/b><\/td>\nChemical Containers
\nare Labeled with\u00a0Full\u00a0Chemical
\nName\u00a0and Hazard<\/td>\n		Hazard Communication<\/td>\nUse pre-printed labels
\nfor common lab reagents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.17<\/b><\/td>\nChemical with Special Hazards SOPs\u00a0are
\nCompleted and\u00a0Signed<\/td>\n		Training & Documentation<\/td>\nUse the following EHSO template to create SOPs for chemicals with special hazards<\/a>:
\nhttp:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/documents\/written-lab-procedures-for-chemicals-with-special-hazards.pdfa<\/a>Alternate:\u00a0Adapt existing SOPs from UCLA center<\/a> for laboratory safety (http:\/\/www.sop.ehs.ucla.edu<\/a>)\u00a0and adopt for your lab.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.2<\/b><\/td>\nEHSO Training\u00a0is
\nDocumented in Binder<\/td>\n		Training & Documentation<\/td>\nUse the EHSO training tracking template<\/a> to record most recent training dates:
\nhttp:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/content-forms\/TrainingTrackingTemplate.xls<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.3<\/b><\/td>\nChemical Waste Containers\u00a0are\u00a0Labeled<\/td>\nWaste<\/td>\nUse pre-printed labels<\/a> for routine lab activities chemical waste (HPLC, cell staining):
\nhttp:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/content-forms\/ChemicalWasteLabel.doc<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.1<\/b><\/td>\nPPE\u00a0Assessment
\nCompleted and\u00a0Signed<\/td>\n		Training & Documentation<\/td>\nWhen onboarding new lab personnel,
\nreview the following PPE assessment<\/a> with them: http:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/content-forms\/PPE_Hazard_Assessment.dotx<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In addition, EHSO has recently updated the inspection \u201cCheat Sheet\u201d<\/a> to help researchers correct inspection findings for all items on our inspection form. Please find cheat sheet here: http:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/documents\/lab-self-inspection-cheat-sheet.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have any questions about inspection findings from your most recent inspection or self-inspection, please contact your Research Building Liaison<\/a> at the following link: http:\/\/ehso.emory.edu\/about\/contact.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lab inspections are conducted on a routine basis to assist in compliance with regulations, to identify and correct general lab hazards, and to help ensure a safe work environment. Below is a summary of the top findings from our most recent inspection cycle (September 2016-August 2017), and recommended corrective actions. Item # Item Description Item […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[72,206,143,89,64,122,85,95,69,91,70,66,99],"class_list":["post-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ehso","tag-chemical-safety","tag-ehso","tag-hazard-communication","tag-inspections","tag-lab-rat-newsletter","tag-lab-safety","tag-labels","tag-labs","tag-policies","tag-ppe","tag-research-safety","tag-training","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4787,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions\/4787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}