Job aid for the specific steps needed to safely attach the regulator to a compressed gas cylinder.
Useful resources to establish or strengthen biosafety practices in a clinical or public health laboratory.
This job aid details the use of standard precautions when cleaning up blood or other body fluids, including handwashing, rinsing of mucous membrane or eyes after exposure, treating skin punctures, and reporting exposure, as well as glove safety.
Compressed Gas Association Valve Outlet Listing
Job aid for the steps needed to safely check the compressed gas cylinder for leaks.
Checklist of activities/tasks needed to safely use biological safety cabinets.
This job aid contains personal safety work and general safety work practices for working in the Laboratory.
Donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment is essential to keeping laboratorians and the public safe from possible contamination. This video focuses on donning and doffing a laboratory coat, gloves, and safety glasses with wrap around sides.
This video demonstrates the donning and doffing of the following PPE: Gown, Gloves, Disposable Face Mask, and Face Shield. The doffing portion of this video demonstrates removing the gown and gloves.
This video demonstrates the donning and doffing of the following PPE: Gown, Gloves, Disposable Face Mask, and Face Shield. The doffing portion of this video demonstrates removing the gown and gloves.
This job aid is based on the fictitious EdU scenario in the Laboratory Risk Management course and is intended only for the purpose of this risk management training. Please reference your laboratory's policies and procedures for site-specific risks and considerations.
This is a sample formaldehyde job hazard analysis that can be used to document the chemical’s hazards and controls by job step. It also contains information about emergency procedures, training, and review and monitoring.
Good Work Practices demonstrates the performance checks, the proper placement of equipment, and additional tasks needed to ensure a good performance of chemical fume hoods.
How Airflow is Affected demonstrates how airflow in a chemical fume hood can be interrupted, altered, and changed by different factors.
Some laboratory procedures require the use of compressed gas cylinders, and it’s important to learn how to safely and properly use them.
Knowing how to properly use compressed gas cylinders is essential for maintaining a safe laboratory. The regulator on a gas cylinder controls the flow and pressure of gas from the cylinder to your laboratory equipment.
Checking your compressed gas cylinder for leaks will help keep your laboratory safe and will also help maintain accurate laboratory procedures. This training video shows how to use a bubble test to check for leaks and changes in gas pressure at both the inlet and outlet valves on the regulator.
Incidents in the laboratory are situations in which an employee is injured or exposed to a pathogen. An incident without an injury is known as a near miss. To reduce risk, laboratories should put various safety controls in place, including the best practice of reporting all incidents.
A laboratory incident, such as a sharps injury, could cause an employee serious harm or exposure to a dangerous pathogen. A near miss is an incident that doesn’t result in an injury or exposure, it’s called a near miss.
Biological, chemical, and physical hazards can put laboratory employees at risk for safety incidents that could injure themselves, fellow employees, the public, and the environment.
Laboratory employees are at risk for coming into contact with biological, chemical, and physical hazards in their daily work.
Working in a laboratory can put an employee at risk for coming in contact with biological, chemical, and physical, and electrical hazards.
Directional airflow in the laboratory is an engineering control that keeps possibly contaminated air in a laboratory from reaching other areas. The constant influx of air directs flow through biological safety cabinets and fume hoods where the air can travel through filters.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are administrative controls that help reduce risk from harm by identifying hazards in the laboratory.
Wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE), like a laboratory coat, can help protect employees from incidents like spilling or splashing biological or chemical hazards on themselves while performing procedures in the laboratory.
Methylene chloride, a chemical used in many laboratory procedures, is a potential cancer-causing chemical that’s been known to harm the brain, liver, and heart after repeated exposure to large volumes.
Cleaning Up a Spill demonstrates how to appropriately clean up a spill inside a biosafety cabinet.
Completing Work in a BSC demonstrates the steps to be performed after BSC work is completed.
Factors Affecting Airflow Inside the BSC demonstrates how Airflow in a biological safety cabinet or BSC can be interrupted, altered, and changed by many different factors. These interruptions can lead to potential exposures and/or product contamination.
Preparing for Work in a BSC demonstrates the performance checks, the proper placement of equipment, and additional tasks needed to prepare for working inside of a biological safety cabinet.
Safe Use of a BSC depicts best practices to work safely in a BSC.
This video provides a brief overview of the best practices for safely working with formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde in the laboratory.
This is a sample glutaraldehyde job hazard analysis that can be used to document the chemical’s hazards and controls by job step. It also contains information about emergency procedures, training, and review and monitoring.
This job aid details the steps for proper hand hygiene in the laboratory, including instructions for cleaning the hands with water or with an alcohol-based sanitizer.
This job aid introduces clinical and public health laboratory professionals to the hazards they may encounter while working in a clinical or public health laboratory, ways to mitigate risks, and the proper response to incidents.
The goal of this product is to provide laboratory supervisors and staff with an interactive workbook to share safety protocols and common work practices in the laboratory.
The goal of this product is to provide laboratory supervisors and staff with an interactive workbook to share safety protocols and common work practices in the laboratory.
The Laboratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Toolkit is a guide to resources on using PPE in clinical and public health laboratories.
This quick guide contains links to the resources included in the Laboratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Toolkit.
In this scenario, the user will demonstrate the proper steps to safely load, operate, and unload an autoclave. The user is tasked with decontaminating biohazardous waste. The autoclave scenario is performed in the Autoclave room.
In this scenario, the user is tasked with centrifuging specimens with a swinging bucket centrifuge. The user must select the correct tubes, properly balance, and load the swinging bucket centrifuge.
The Point of Care Testing (POCT) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Toolkit is a guide to resources on using PPE in POCT settings.
Job aid for the specific steps needed to safely remove the regulator from a compressed gas cylinder.
Guidance for strengthening the culture of safety in the laboratory as it pertains to reporting incidents and near misses.
This risk example resource is based on a fictitious scenario and is intended for use alongside the risk management training.
Job aid for the specific steps needed to safely set the regulator pressure for a compressed gas cylinder.
Job aid for the specific steps needed to safely shut down and remove the regulator on a compressed gas cylinder.
This job aid provides tips for Selecting and Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Reference for items that are forbidden from being put down the drain.