UVM Laboratory Safety Notebook
In order to comply with government
regulations and good laboratory
safety practices and facilitate
laboratory safety audits, every
UVM laboratory is required to maintain
a Laboratory Safety Notebook. All laboratories must be
sure to include items 1 through
6 below. The other sections are
designed for model laboratories.
Contact us at
esf@uvm.edu
with questions about these items.
Required sections for all laboratories:
1. Laboratory Self-Inspection Cards
2. Chemical Use Planning Forms for
lab process planning and approvals
of IACUC protocols
3. Location of Safety Information
Note: for the information items, either hard copy and/or bookmarked on an available computer is acceptable.
4.
Safety Training Documentation
5. Hazardous Chemicals of Concern Inventory
The UVM Laboratory Inventory, formerly known as the HCOC survey,
is now completed on line at http://www.uvm.edu/~esf/labinv.html. Use the "Show information for this laboratory" button to print your information and store it in the laboratory notebook for easy reference in case of emergency.
6. Laboratory-Specific Protocols for:
Sections for Model Laboratories:
7. Safe operating procedures for specific laboratory equipment (fume hoods, lasers, high hazard gases, etc.).
For example, the UVM Chemical Fume Hood Handbook (available here in PDF)
8. UVM's Chemical
labeling
and
storage
guidelines for hazardous chemicals
10. Employee Signatures indicating review of this safety information
Place your Laboratory Safety Notebook on the back side of the main entry door to the laboratory (or an adjacent wall). If the notebook cannot be placed in this location, please post a note there which clearly states where the notebook can be found.
View the
UVM Environmental Management Plan and
Chemical Hygiene Plans
for more detailed information about laboratory safety.
