This document prescribes procedures for safely and legally deactivating and releasing to unrestricted use or transferring responsibility for laboratory facilities that may be contaminated by hazardous ...

Myriam Vidal Valero is a freelance journalist from Mexico. In August 2016, Margaret Braasch-Turi began her graduate studies in the department of chemistry at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort ...

The following general procedures provide guidance to be followed to safely and properly work with toxins in the laboratory. Adherence to this procedure will ensure that employees and students are not ...

Start the school year safely by assigning the Lab Safety STEM Certificate! Designed for middle and high school students, each video introduces essential lab procedures and safety guidelines, including ...

Do not assume that all the controls are properly set when you begin your session of the FE-SEM. The stage may have been left in the wrong position, or the EDS detector may have been left cranked in.

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Following the rapid innovation, creation and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no question that the work done in labs is important. Each day, scientists and researchers are making ...

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in important administrative control to prevent injuries from hazardous pieces of equipment and to prevent overexposure to hazardous chemicals in the labs. The ...

In February of this year, I was injured in an accident in a chemistry laboratory. I had set up an experiment that involved the separate use of hydrogen and oxygen gases fed into a glove box from ...

All Class 3B and Class 4 lasers or laser systems must have a Written Laser Safety Procedure (LSP) in place. The Principal Investigator (PI) is responsible for creating the LSP and submitting it to the ...

Think back to a time when you tried to go to work or class tired, stressed out, or upset. You likely had difficulty focusing which lead to more mistakes, poor collaboration, and results that were not ...