Lab Safety

These pages no longer updated, as of 20210126.

In addition to required safety protocols, it also has links to other mental health and safety resources that may be useful.

Read through the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Hazard Assessment for our lab:
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Hazard Assessment
Print the UW Lab PPE Assessment Completion form, fill in the fields, and return to Sam:
- UW Lab PPE Assessment Completion form
Print the UW Roberts Lab-specific Training guide:
- UW Lab Training guide
  - NOTE: If you will be shipping hazardous goods (i.e. dry ice and/or ethanol), please print this form instead: UW Lab Training guide with shipping
- Complete all the trainings marked "Yes". Online training is available here:
  - UW EH&S Training
- Fill out the date you completed each of the trainings
- Print/sign your name at the top of the form
- Return form to Sam
Provide Sam with your UW NetID and he will add you as a user to the UW MyChem system for access to the Roberts Lab chemical inventory and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Review our Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) for chemical handling and disposal:
- Roberts Lab SOPs
Schedule a time with Sam to tour the labs to learn the locations of phones, eye wash stations, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, emergency showers, other lab-specific points of emphasis.
Download & print the UW Roberts Lab-specific Training Checklist:
- Lab-specific training checklist
  - Check all boxes
  - Date/sign your name at the bottom of the form
  - Return form to Sam