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Chemical & Laboratory Safety Workshop

Course Objective: To provide participants with an understanding of the University of Regina’s policies and procedures regarding working safely with chemicals in laboratories.

Including:
• Basic laboratory safety
• Proper selection of personal protective equipment
• Laboratory waste procedures
• Chemwatch online MSDS system
• Chemical Inventory management procedures and working with the Vertere system
• Demonstration of chemical spill clean-up
• Hands-on chemical storage exercise
• Incident reporting and near-miss reporting procedures
• Videos depicting real-life stories of various lab incidents

Who should attend: This course is mandatory for all employees, (faculty and staff) undergraduate and graduate students who manage or work in a laboratory at the U of R.

Complimentary courses available: Depending on the laboratory you will be working in, you may also need to enroll in Biosafety and/or Radiation Safety courses.

Date
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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Location
CW 113

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