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 ...

Each lab now has a checklist for performing those procedures and it is up to senior scientists and lab directors to make sure each step is performed correctly. The camera system will enable ...

A Yale University student died in a chemistry laboratory machine shop April 12, prompting universities across the nation to assess their own lab safety procedures. Yale senior Michele Dufault, who was ...

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 Environmental Health and Safety department within Purdue Administrative Operations is partnering with the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association in recognizing Lab Safety ...

In the event of an emergency, dial 911 from any phone on campus or personal cellular phone. The red phones outside of the elevators and the phones inside elevator cars have a direct line to Michigan ...

When it comes to training students and postdoctoral researchers to work safely in academic laboratories, it is hard to overemphasize the importance of the head of the lab—the principal investigator ...

Follow the applicable safety procedures and policies. Participate and complete applicable safety trainings. Commence work only when it is safe to do so. Communicate clearly to the Principal ...

On Dec. 29, 2008, Sheharbano “Sheri” Sangji was working on a chemical synthesis in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the reagents she was using was tert-butyllithium (t-BuLi), ...

The lawsuit does not allege any infectious agents escaped, putting the public at risk. But the lawsuit details allegations of sloppy lab procedures that sometimes put lab workers at risk. The ...

Fire Safety and Regulation oversight is the responsibility of the campus Fire Marshall. The Fire and Life Safety department's mission is to "Ensure the safety of the University of Colorado students, ...