Biological (Hospital Areas): Call floor nurse or Environmental Services @ 934-4288 Or Hospital Safety @ 934-1246 (Campus Areas) Call responsible investigator or Biosafety @ 934-2487. Chemical (All ...

Combining water, cleaning solution and vacuum recovery can remove spills and residue in a single step, helping eliminate hazards quickly ...

Like a multi-function knife, a well-prepared spill-prevention plan is a versatile tool that can be used for many purposes. For example, EPA's stormwater regulation and spill-prevention control and ...

This program outlines the response to medical emergencies, spills of hazardous materials, fires, and power outages in laboratories. When working with hazardous materials, it is advisable to have a ...

Hazardous materials are stored in many settings and buildings on campus. The E.H.S. office maintains a chemical (CAMEO) inventory database of what rooms and buildings may have products that are ...

Sometime shortly after the lid is removed from a preschooler’s sippy cup and is carried to the table, the glass slips and the milk is spilled on the floor. Reactions to this event can vary, but most ...

This section contains general emergency response procedures to be followed in the absence of department- or facility-specific procedures. The supervisor or person responsible for the area where an ...

When new spill responders are being taught to respond to spills, a lot of time wisely is spent sharing tricks of the trade and discussing the details of the equipment that commonly is used during ...

Exposure to an infectious agent, which includes recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules, generally does not constitute an emergency in the same sense that a severe physical injury does. In the ...